"This is what it means to worship a state, to treat a state as an idol. It justifies itself no matter what it does. This is the moral catastrophe that has been unfolding slowly in Israel and in the American Jewish community simply has now reached a new kind of crescendo in which Israel, with America’s help, destroys an entire society and then says, well, the place is destroyed, so you’d better leave."

~ Peter Beinart

#Israel #Gaza #AmericanJews #morality #Zionism
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https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-evil

"On this episode of #AmericanPrestige, #PeterBeinart speaks with Danny and Derek about his book #BeingJewishAfterTheDestructionOfGaza: A Reckoning, #AmericanJews’ conception of and relationship with #Israel, and how things have changed since the start of the #GenocideInGaza."

https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/e197-american-jews-israel-and-palestine-w-peter-beinart

#Gaza #Palestine #oPt #PalestineSolidarity #USpol #USpolitics #JewishAmericanPolitics #JewishAmericanLeft #books @palestine @israel @bookstodon

For the American timezone.

VICE: *Israelism: How Young American Jews’ Views of Israel Are Shifting*

https://youtu.be/qQHUro6u6Kc

"The critically acclaimed feature-length documentary ‘Israelism’ investigates a movement of young American Jews who are campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel.

At the heart of the documentary are Simone Zimmerman, who grew up in Los Angeles and visited Israel on an exchange programme; and fellow American Eitan, who joins the Israeli military after graduating high school. Simone and Eitan are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs but their lives are changed when they witness the mistreatment of Palestinians with their own eyes.

Their stories reveal a generational divide in the American Jewish community as more young Jews question the narratives their synagogues and Hebrew school teachers gave them as children.

‘Israelism’ features interviews with academics and political activists, including Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Lara Friedman and a former director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abe Foxman. The film was initially released in February 2023, generating significant debate across American campuses."

#AmericanJews #US #Jews #Palestine #Israel #Israelism #Zionism #ZionismIsNotJudaism