Från israeliska tabloiden Maariv (Google translate)
The plan to emigrate Palestinians from Gaza came up for discussion again, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking on the issue at the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Sunday. He said:Om detta är vad den israeliska regeringen planerar är detta antagligen ett brott mot Genevé konventionen. Detta är sådant så du kan bli utlämnad till Haag för. Antagligen blir det Kanada och EU som förväntas ta emot de fördrivna palestinierna. Den av svensk media hyllade, amerikansk-judiska pro-israeliska författaren Dara Horn sade följande, av Frankrike finansierade K-Larevue, i november 2024;
"We are demolishing more and more houses, they have nowhere to go back to. The only obvious result will be the desire of the Gazans to emigrate out of the Gaza Strip. Our main problem is in the receiving countries."
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The prime minister also referred to the day after, making it clear that the United States is interested in the territory of the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu added;
"I know that I will disappoint some people here, but we are not talking about Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip right now."
Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech, Otzma Yehudit, replied to Netanyahu:
"Bring the Jews of the United States, that's how we'll get two birds with one stone."
https://www.maariv.co.il/news/military/article-1195594
This past summer, there were at least two Congressional races where Jewish voters played a significant role by mobilizing and organizing to unseat certain candidates. For example, in St. Louis, Missouri, which has a lot of Jewish voters, there was a Congresswoman named Cori Bush.Enligt Dara Horn har judiska boomer nationalister sänkt populära vänsterkandidater i USA mot den yngre judiska generationens vilja. För drygt ett år sedan hölls ett seminarium på Upper West Side där Israel och judisk framtid diskuterades. Få av de liberala judiska sionisterna var intresserade av lyssna på Jewish Currents chefredaktör Arielle Angel;
Cori Bush, along with another Congressman in New York, were both seen as very antisemitic and extremely anti-Israel, frequently posting online about issues like “Palestinian genocide.” They had been in office for several years, but the Jewish community began organizing against them. Even though both candidates were Democrats in districts expected to lean Democratic, the Jewish community mobilized support for challengers in the primary elections to run against them.
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The mobilization effort by the Jewish community in St. Louis involved knocking on doors and raising funds for Wesley Bell’s campaign, which ultimately succeeded. A similar situation occurred in New York with Jamaal Bowman, who also represented a district with a significant Jewish population. Jewish voters there also organized and worked to replace him with a candidate more supportive of Israel and sympathetic to the Jewish community in general.
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This past year has been shocking for many in the Jewish community, particularly for those further to the left, who felt betrayed—not so much by the Democratic Party, but by the progressive movement in the United States. Before this year, many Jews were actively involved in various progressive causes, such as racial justice, economic justice, and environmental issues. It was jarring for them to see these movements turn against Israel to the extent of calling for violence against Zionists. [...]The sense of betrayal isn’t directed at the Biden administration, as many perceive Biden himself to be pro-Israel. However, there is a general concern about the progressive movements and the left wing of the Democratic Party.
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Their [ADL et. al] goal is to maintain a voice regardless of the administration in power. While AIPAC is explicitly political and focused on promoting policies that support Israel, they also work with a bipartisan group of supporters, including many Christians who are pro-Israel. [...]Given the closely divided nature of Congress, which plays a crucial role in legislation, it is essential for these organizations to engage with both parties. For these reasons, Jewish organizations generally choose not to endorse candidates.
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It’s disheartening that Trump’s closing argument is essentially, “Vote for me; I’m not a Nazi.” Yet, this situation reveals, to me at least, the enormous role Jews play in people’s imaginations. Here, at the last minute, Kamala Harris believed that appealing to Jewish voters was crucial. While there are experts who are much better at analyzing polling data than I am, I’m not entirely convinced that Jewish voters are as pivotal as they think. There simply aren’t that many of us.
However, it benefits the Jewish community to have both parties subscribe to this somewhat antisemitic notion of Jewish power. If they believe we hold significant influence, it may lead to more engagement with us, allowing people like me to testify in Congress and have our voices heard. It’s almost as if this notion operates beneath the surface; these individuals aren’t necessarily antisemitic, but they’ve absorbed a certain idea about Jewish power without fully articulating it. This perception shapes how many people think about us. If only the idea were true, we would certainly have fewer worries.
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The reality is that the Jewish community here will engage with whoever is in power.
https://k-larevue.com/en/us-elections-dara-horn/
On Thursday, a panel discussion on Israel held in the heart of Manhattan’s liberal Jewish Upper West Side had what Marshall calls “big normie energy.” And by the time it ended with a rebuke by the youngest panelist, you could almost sense that a generation that once defined mainstream Jewish liberalism was getting a glimpse of a future without them.Som JTA påpekar är trenden tydlig. Unga amerikanska judar är inte lika villig att följa den liberala boomer generationens fotspår när det gäller ett ovillkorat stöd till Israel. Forwards Jay Michaelson och kändisrabbinen har slagits hårt för den israeliska regeringens krig i amerikanska medier. Nu gör Michaelson delvis en avbön och hoppas på att någonting kan räddas av det israeliska projektet. Kanske inte oväntat skyller han på Israels regering - trots att han själv opinionsbildat för det som den yngre judiska generationen hårt kritiserat.
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All three had done time in the trenches when liberal, pro-peace Zionists were considered suspect by parts of the Jewish mainstream, and to this day they remain to the left of the majority of Israelis. But the ground has shifted since Oct. 7. The pro-Palestinian demonstrators tend to reject Zionists of all stripes. That leaves pro-Israel progressives in a lonely place: deeply critical of Israel’s right-wing government, but also appalled by a protest movement that challenges the very legitimacy of Israel, and hesitant to join a Jewish right that wants to clamp down on free speech and attack higher education.
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She [Arielle Angel] noted how the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, representing the pro-Israel mainstream, has consistently alienated young voters by opposing progressive candidates who don’t toe their line on Israel. “Young people see what’s going on,” she said. “They don’t see a lot of change, and they don’t feel like Biden actually cares about the things that they care about now. I think people should vote, but I do think there’s a limit to how many times you can use this argument to ‘vote for the lesser evil.’”
https://www.jta.org/2024/05/05/ideas...e-a-last-stand
When Israel’s military operations in Gaza began in October 2023, I defended them — several times, in fact, in this publication. But now, 19 months later, I am horrified, filled with rage and despair, and alienated from many of my friends who now openly support extreme cruelty and even ethnic cleansing. The Netanyahu regime has made me, and liberal Zionists like me, look like the worst thing any Israeli can call another: a freier. A sucker. A fool.Situationen för liberala sionister är uppenbarligen prekär.
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I’ve also seen many of “us” leave the Zionist camp entirely, following figures like Peter Beinart or Avraham Burg in an exodus from Jewish nationalism. I can’t blame them; Zionism in theory may be defensible, but look what Zionism in practice has wrought.
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Yes, innocent. Israeli bombs do not distinguish between Hamas supporters and the thousands of Palestinians in Gaza who have turned out to protest Hamas. And the use of mass starvation as a military tactic? This is beyond inhuman. It is genocide. [...] This is ethnic cleansing, and this is genocide – an act committed to destroy, in part, a national group.
https://forward.com/opinion/718966/g...tion-genocide/
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