"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."

- Anatole France

it’s honestly astounding that the right has destroyed all sense of shame

זה כמו בלקום אתמול בבוקר שסוףסוף מתחלף היום

Israel sees itself as the embodiment of the Jewish people, and therefore, Israeli interests are the Jewish people's interests, and must come before local congregational concerns.
Diaspora organisations never claim such national, central role for themselves, and are therefore at a disadvantage.

In the US but also elsewhere, some right wing Jews are happy to become a the fascists' pet minority, and the "protection of Jews" to serve the persecutions of Muslims and others.

Those Jews who are unwilling to play along with our new Nazi friends are, obviously, antisemites.

Stopping arms sales to Israel would no doubt hurt, but the real pain would come if countries stopped buying arms from Israel.

לישראל יש את הזכות להגן על עצמה מפני תקיפות של צוות מו״מ זר שחבר לשמאל כדי לשחרר חטופים ולהפיל ראש ממשלה מכהן.

declaring war on a city in your own country, donald trump is easily one of the greatest evils alive today

Theoretically, it is possible to be genuinely appalled about Israeli crimes in Gaza and not think that genocide is the right term. Those who hold that position do not waste their time on the debate - they are doing what they can to stop it. But that's not the people we're talking about.