Does anyone just randomly sometimes feel weird connections to israeli culture. I am anti zionist, boycott products, encourage grocery stores to take israeli products off their shelves. But sometimes this like other character emerges within me that ... misses friends of mine, even those whove served in the idf, or just randomly wants to listen to israeli music. I have friends from when I was 18 whove been in the idf, and now doing god knows what in gaza. And I think thats evil and nazi level, but sometimes I still miss them and the sound of their voice. Dont know what to do

I know that there will undoubtedly be numerous posts about this. I just needed to add mine cuz I don't know what else to do with the horror and despair. I can't believe that Judaism has allowed itself to be sucked in to this fascism.

This question has probably been asked before, but I surprising didn't find much on this sub about it (unless I can't search correctly.)

Do you think there will be a breaking point within the Zionist consensus when it becomes too difficult to maintain Zionism as a rightful cause as its illiberalism, apartheid status, and its war crimes and crimes against humanity are exposed and understood?

A huge part is narrative control, and Israeli Hasbara is losing effectiveness. Crackdowns seem to produce the opposite effect.

Granted, cognitive dissonance grouped with nationalism and identity, is powerful.

I don't want to link to it, but just wanted to make a note of it.

They used disgusting rhetoric as expected.

They quoted a tweet by the AJC who criticized Beinart's op-ed in which he argued that States (ie political institutions) do not have intrinsic legitimacy - rather, people do.

• The New York Times - States Don’t Have a Right to Exist. People Do.

During the 80s, Chomsky pointed out that the 'right to exist' argument by Israel was just a political ploy - a way to up the ante, in order to stall negotiating a settlement to the Israel/Palestine conflict, once the PLO had accepted that Israel existed.

https://streamable.com/emeg7j

Not to mention Israel has never declared its final borders. So where does this 'right' manifest? How does it manifest? With a demographic majority & institutional and legal privilege above the out-group(s).

I don’t really understand why some people say Starbucks should be boycotted in protest of Israel? They don’t have Starbucks there and I don’t really see how it benefits from Israeli policy. I’ve seen many people on social media post that Starbucks is Zionist but I don’t think this is true.

I read this (and a couple other articles from the site; lots of good stuff) and thought it would be helpful to raise here. The author really digs into the ideologies underlying competing definitions of antisemitism. He also describes better than I've ever seen one of the most vexing aspects of contemporary antisemitism:

"There are many discourses that may be simplistic, coarse, deaf to Jewish historical suffering, lacking in strategic foresight or simply uniformed, without being antisemitic. Just because (some) Jews find something uncomfortable, that doesn’t make it antisemitic. And just because something is not antisemitic, that doesn’t make it good, wise or helpful."

Take a read of the whole thing if you have a few minutes. Definitely worth your time.

https://vashtimedia.com/beyond-antisemitism-race-british-jews/

So Bibi is coming over to the US to visit Trump, and the US would not recognize ICC's arrest warrant.

However, is it possible for citizens of any country, which applied to the ICC, to do the arrest on their own, when Bibi arrives in their country? Anyway they can, like stopping his motorcade etc.