I met Mr Weisel once at a holocaust symposium after his lecture. He was a wonderful man, answered our questions and holding my hands the entire time...
They don't? I am a zionist myself and don't think anyone should be deported, I am talking about people who claim israel is an illegitimate state, like it's here wether you like it or not the question is what to do now to make the future better for everyone
A NUANCED thing I'm not saying a) deport jews. I am saying stop bombing vulnerable ppl hospitals and critical infrastructure as a way to gain more land for your made up IN group. I see that what is happening right now is a violent rogue state colonising another people's land. I weep. #Patriarchy
1. The bombing isn't to gain more land it's to stop hamas, all the land in gaza that you claim israel wants was already under israelli control untill 2005 when israel willingly pulled out, I have many critics on HOW they pulled out but you are still wrong
2. Patriarchy? That exists everywhere
While I do dissagree with the "hypocritical" part that's not my main issue, my issue is that the context is kinda like saying "the black criminals" sure black people can be criminals but that being used as a generaliztion is racist af
The quote is from his Nobel Prize acceptance speech where he extensively talks about being Jewish and that Israel is among the "Jewish priorities". Surely if he makes his Jewish identity central to his advocacy, it's also relevant to charges of hypocrisy?
Elie Wiesel also said "palestinians should not use their own children as #HumanShields " to excuse the IDF targeting and murdering children to steal their land.
Israelis murder Palestinian civilians to steal their homes and give the land to Jewish squatters. Their openly declared goal is to "reclaim the ancestral homeland of the Jews." Their words
First "israelis"? Y'mean israel? cuz I didn't kill no palestians
Second "reclaim the ancestral homeland of the jews" is a goal that WAS stated as the zionist cause but has already achived (even though I personally think calling a land as coquered as israel as "being a homeland" as kinda dumb)
Let's just remember to keep the message in context. When someone victimizes others? Yes. Absolutely. Every time. But as a philosophy, especially during such polarized times, we should probably do everything in our powers to bring as many sides together as possible. Sides, we got. Unity, not so much.
Patent nonsense. Ireland is an avowed neutral state. It has called out human rights abuses and failure across the board. Israeli government shut it's embassy in Dublin as a result.
Does he expect us all to be militant? Does he mock those who share this quote on social media as pretenders? I'm not marching just for some stranger's quote on my feed.
First, they came for the Palestinians and I did not speak up. Then they came for the Brown immigrants and I did not speak up. Then they came for the trans people and I did not speak up. Then they came for me, and no one was left to speak up.
If we are motivated enough, we can affect change.
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WHAT’S PERSONAL IS POLITICAL, AND VICE VERSA. IF YOU DON’T TAKE A SIDE THEN YOU’RE CHOOSING THE WRONG ONE BY DEFAULT.
IAM IN NO WAY A FAN OF CHRISTIANITY, BUT THERE IS ONE VERSE IN REVELATIONS (3:16) THAT COMES TO MIND ABOUT GOD SPITTING OUT THE LUKEWARM BASTARDS. IT’S TRUTH!
This is exactly why I condemn the Israeli genocide they bring to the Palestinians just as I condemned the genocide the German Nazis brought to Jewish Europeans.
Got to hear him speak and meet him once, about 20 or so uears ago when I was young. He experienced so much and really helped instill strong values in me. Still so relevant to this day
only an idiot would side with Hamas. You can simply be on the side of the Palestinian people's self-determination which is also against groups like Hamas who oppress Palestinians
Such a prime example of what's going on in Palestine today and for the past 76 years. For decades people have kept quiet because they would be targeted even though some knew the truth. Now the truth is out there, seeing a genocide with our own eyes. Speak up for the babies if nothing else!
Using an Elie Wiesel quote to elevate recognition of genocide in Palestine is a mixed message at best. He refused to recognize any holocaust but his own. That's a little more than just not being right in his positions.
no one that lacks a true knowledge of a geopolitical conflict has a right or moral position, their desires for moral grandeur are built on a bedrock of ignorance and stupidity.
This is really bad advice in some situations, you need full context before making assumptions and ruining someone’s reputation, so staying neutral until more information has come out can help a lot!
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2. Patriarchy? That exists everywhere
This is how Israel was created: It just was. The UN "said so."
The only reason that Zionists and Palestinians can't co-exist is b/c Zionism *demands* a Jewish majority be forced into being.
Action keeps the jerk offs away.
Resistance isn't futile.
Revolution is necessary.
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Second "reclaim the ancestral homeland of the jews" is a goal that WAS stated as the zionist cause but has already achived (even though I personally think calling a land as coquered as israel as "being a homeland" as kinda dumb)
The land is given to Jews. It's a war of religious conquest
Are you with the upper/ruling class or not?
Fighting with our neighbors only helps the rulers.
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from the QUOTE|WORKS of theSTORYistheTHING.substack.COM
-Elie Wiesel
(a paraphrasing... but not by much)
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He was a hypocrite!
Today, we need to use every option available in the Constitution to stop the felon insurrectionist traitor. Please stand and make your voice heard. We are bigger than Trump. We must show it. Sign and share. Thank you. 💙
WHAT’S PERSONAL IS POLITICAL, AND VICE VERSA. IF YOU DON’T TAKE A SIDE THEN YOU’RE CHOOSING THE WRONG ONE BY DEFAULT.
IAM IN NO WAY A FAN OF CHRISTIANITY, BUT THERE IS ONE VERSE IN REVELATIONS (3:16) THAT COMES TO MIND ABOUT GOD SPITTING OUT THE LUKEWARM BASTARDS. IT’S TRUTH!
don't succumb to peer pressure lest you one day be judged for the virtuous evil deeds of your shepherd.
If there is a side, I’m anti-Hamas and Netanyahu. Coincidentally, most ordinary Israelis would agree.