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Remember this book? Remember how awful the author’s response to Palestinian criticsm was? Well the cover was just revealed.

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Illustrated cover of “Once More with Chutzpah”, showing a smiling teen girl with a Star of David necklace. She is standing in front of a Palestinian port city, probably Jaffa. 

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Below is also a transcript of Haley Neil’s blog post in which she announces this cover.

“I began writing Once More with Chutzpah shortly after my first trip to Israel. I will forever be grateful that I had the chance to meet family members, attend Jerusalem Pride, visit the gender-neutral section of the Western Wall, and see my safta’s homeland. ​There were many details from my own trip that I echoed in this book and others I wasn’t able to fit into Tally’s story. There was a truly amazing food tour through Tel Aviv that words couldn’t do justice. I remember sitting in an academic lecture on the Middle Eastern Conflict run by a professor and stopping outside a checkpoint. I got the chance to meet my safta’s cousins, who she grew up with like siblings, for the first time. These moments were immensely meaningful to me as someone with Israeli family facing the deeply complicated history of the country and the even more complex present.​This book is a work of fiction. There are liberties I took, from the specifics of the high school exchange program the characters are on to moving Jerusalem Pride to January (which was in August when I went).​On the whole, my experience with my own trip, and the time I’ve had to reflect upon it since, both on my own and in conversation with others, was extremely educational and meaningful. That said, this is, ultimately, one story. There is so much nuanced history around the Israeli land. This book reflects only a fraction of the whole. The complete story of the Middle East includes many other voices, including those of young people who live in Palestine or are of Palestinian descent.I also hope to read more stories from across the diaspora about Jewish identity and anxiety and asexuality. I feel so unbelievably lucky to have made this contribution. I can't wait to share it with you.”

I mean... where do I even start with this? She’s grateful that she got to attend Jerusalem Pride? That’s nice Haley, my family and I aren’t even allowed in Jerusalem. She’s happy she got to see her grandmother’s homeland? Interesting way of decribing a settler’s relationship to the land they’ve settled on. I’m sure millions of Palestinian refugees would also love to visit their homeland. Wonder what’s stopping them.

She tries to evade accountability for glossing over Israel’s nature as a violent settler-colony by talking about its “deeply complicated history”, and “even more complex present”. According to her, her book is only a fraction of the story surrounding “Israeli land”. I don’t need to tell you that this land is actually brutalised Palestinian land. 

I don’t know. When I wrote the first post I was brimming with anger, but now I’m just tired. It’s actually deeply upsetting to see the ethnic cleansing of my people glossed over and over and over again so Zionists can feel good about themselves. All I’m thinking of right now is that I wish I could just stroll into Jersusalem the way Haley Neil and her characters, who are American Jewish people, can. 

The links in the original post are all still working, if anyone reading this wants to make their opinions known as Goodreads reviews or to tweet at the publisher and author. After all, we know the publishing industry doesn’t care about Palestinians, but it sure as hell cares about its pockets

STAND UP AGAINST THE BIRTHRIGHT YA BOOK COMING OUT NEXT YEAR

ok, so let’s start from the beginning. 

In March this year, author Haley Neil announced her debut, “ONCE MORE WITH CHUTZPAH”, a YA novel about an American teen who goes on a birthright trip to Israel and dicovers her sexuality. 

This concept is a slap to the face of Palestinians.

Birthright trips are propaganda trips funded by the Israeli government, allowing Jewish young adults from around the world to visit it. THESE TRIPS ARE ZIONIST PROPAGANDA MACHINES. They are insidiously cruel, because they imply any Jewish teen from around the world has a “””right””” to visit historic Palestine, while the millions upon millions of Palestinians who trace their entire family history to that land, and who STILL hold on to the keys of the homes they were forced to flee in 1948 with equal parts hope and desperation, are systematically denied the right to ever set foot in their homeland ever again. 

As you can see, having birthright trips be the backdrop of some teen’s “self-discovery” journey is appalling. HOWEVER, HALEY NEIL CHOSE TO SOMEHOW MAKE IT EVEN WORSE. The practice of using LGBT rights as propaganda to hide Israel’s ethnic cleansing and extreme oppression of Palestinians is known as Pinkwashing, and it’s a propaganda tactic that’s been used for a long time by Zionists. Not only is it pure evil to use apparent progressive values to eclipse ethnic cleansing and apartheid, BUT ISRAELI FORCES RUOTINELY BLACKMAIL GAY PALESTINIANS INTO BEING INFORMERS. THEY COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS, OR ABOUT ANY OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. 

Palestinian activist Emily Khalifeh tried to vey politely reach out to the author, agent, and editor of the book, and THEY ALL IGNORED HER. THESE PEOPLE WHO PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT POC IN PUBLISHING A FEW WEEKS AGO IMMEDIATELY IGNORED A WOC EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THEIR DISGUSTING BOOK. Only after her tweets telling what happened gained traction did they deign to give statements on the issue. 

This is Haley Neil’s lukewarm, bullshit statement. If you’re not familiar with Zionist talking points, this might seem like an alright response to you, but the absolute uselessness of it can be summarised by noticing how she discussed her “complex feelings” about attending Jerusalem Pride because of the LGBTphobia present in Israel, WHILE NOT EVEN THINKING THAT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARENT EVEN ALLOWED INTO JERUSALEM. She didn’t think to employ Palestinian sensitivity readers until AFTER the controversy. She fully intends to publish this Zionist, pinkwashing propaganda with only some “revisions” to appease the more liberal critics. 

THIS WHOLE BOOK IS A MESS AND AN INSULT TO PALESTINIANS SUFFERING FROM HORRIFYING OPPRESSION BY THE HANDS OF ISRAEL. IT HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM BEING PUBLISHED. 

Since these people have shown they only care about making money and maintaining their reputation, the only way to REALLY make them listen is to hit them where it hurts. 

IF YOU CARE ABOUT COMBATING ZIONIST PROPAGANDA AT ALL, PLEASE GO TO THE BOOK’S GOODREADS PAGE, GIVE A ONE STAR RATING, AND WRITE A SMALL REVIEW EXPLAINING WHY. Making a Goodreads account if you don’t have one only takes 5 minutes, and is very easy!!!! It’s also a pretty important site for the publishing industry, especially for debut books like this one!!!!

ALSO, PLEASE TWEET THE PUBLISHER,  @bloomsburykids, DEMANDING THEY PULL THE BOOK, AND EMAIL THEM AT  [email protected] IF YOU CAN. 

Publishing is a money hungry industry that DOESNT CARE about POC, but if they see this kind of debut book is getting this much backlash, then they will think twice about publishing it. HELP PALESTINIANS OUT

#long post #zionism #sorry for any typos folks #im just tired

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GOFUNDME || CARRD

Hi everyone! In October I was diagnosed with Stage III Endocrinic Cancer. I’m currently doing a fundraiser to help with the costs of chemotherapy, missed work, egg retrieval, and other costs associated with treatment. 

MANY artists have volunteered to do commissions in exchange for proof of donation! The full list with links and their rates can be found here on my carrd. Some will also be tagged under the read more of this post. Please contact them directly for commissions!

@xandrei and @inkwingart have also been generous enough to donate some gorgeous Grishaverse prints that I am raffling off including some beautiful matching Kanej prints! Entries for the raffle begin at just $5, and you can contact me directly if you enter so I can put your name in the prize. Raffle will be drawn on January 2nd.

I would like to thank the YA lit community in particular for helping me get so far so quickly - 2020 has been a hell of a year for so many people and it never ceases to amaze me how supportive people can be. Thank you thank you thank you.

 See below for some artists and writers participating!

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Thank you for this addition 😊

STAND UP AGAINST THE BIRTHRIGHT YA BOOK COMING OUT NEXT YEAR

ok, so let’s start from the beginning. 

In March this year, author Haley Neil announced her debut, “ONCE MORE WITH CHUTZPAH”, a YA novel about an American teen who goes on a birthright trip to Israel and dicovers her sexuality. 

This concept is a slap to the face of Palestinians.

Birthright trips are propaganda trips funded by the Israeli government, allowing Jewish young adults from around the world to visit it. THESE TRIPS ARE ZIONIST PROPAGANDA MACHINES. They are insidiously cruel, because they imply any Jewish teen from around the world has a “””right””” to visit historic Palestine, while the millions upon millions of Palestinians who trace their entire family history to that land, and who STILL hold on to the keys of the homes they were forced to flee in 1948 with equal parts hope and desperation, are systematically denied the right to ever set foot in their homeland ever again. 

As you can see, having birthright trips be the backdrop of some teen’s “self-discovery” journey is appalling. HOWEVER, HALEY NEIL CHOSE TO SOMEHOW MAKE IT EVEN WORSE. The practice of using LGBT rights as propaganda to hide Israel’s ethnic cleansing and extreme oppression of Palestinians is known as Pinkwashing, and it’s a propaganda tactic that’s been used for a long time by Zionists. Not only is it pure evil to use apparent progressive values to eclipse ethnic cleansing and apartheid, BUT ISRAELI FORCES RUOTINELY BLACKMAIL GAY PALESTINIANS INTO BEING INFORMERS. THEY COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS, OR ABOUT ANY OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. 

Palestinian activist Emily Khalifeh tried to vey politely reach out to the author, agent, and editor of the book, and THEY ALL IGNORED HER. THESE PEOPLE WHO PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT POC IN PUBLISHING A FEW WEEKS AGO IMMEDIATELY IGNORED A WOC EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THEIR DISGUSTING BOOK. Only after her tweets telling what happened gained traction did they deign to give statements on the issue. 

This is Haley Neil’s lukewarm, bullshit statement. If you’re not familiar with Zionist talking points, this might seem like an alright response to you, but the absolute uselessness of it can be summarised by noticing how she discussed her “complex feelings” about attending Jerusalem Pride because of the LGBTphobia present in Israel, WHILE NOT EVEN THINKING THAT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARENT EVEN ALLOWED INTO JERUSALEM. She didn’t think to employ Palestinian sensitivity readers until AFTER the controversy. She fully intends to publish this Zionist, pinkwashing propaganda with only some “revisions” to appease the more liberal critics. 

THIS WHOLE BOOK IS A MESS AND AN INSULT TO PALESTINIANS SUFFERING FROM HORRIFYING OPPRESSION BY THE HANDS OF ISRAEL. IT HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM BEING PUBLISHED. 

Since these people have shown they only care about making money and maintaining their reputation, the only way to REALLY make them listen is to hit them where it hurts. 

IF YOU CARE ABOUT COMBATING ZIONIST PROPAGANDA AT ALL, PLEASE GO TO THE BOOK’S GOODREADS PAGE, GIVE A ONE STAR RATING, AND WRITE A SMALL REVIEW EXPLAINING WHY. Making a Goodreads account if you don’t have one only takes 5 minutes, and is very easy!!!! It’s also a pretty important site for the publishing industry, especially for debut books like this one!!!!

ALSO, PLEASE TWEET THE PUBLISHER,  @bloomsburykids, DEMANDING THEY PULL THE BOOK, AND EMAIL THEM AT  [email protected] IF YOU CAN. 

Publishing is a money hungry industry that DOESNT CARE about POC, but if they see this kind of debut book is getting this much backlash, then they will think twice about publishing it. HELP PALESTINIANS OUT

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I love the fact that people are reblogging this and spreading the word! I'm really grateful, but I wish more of the people who reblogged and came across this post would actually give the book a one star rating on goodreads 😔😔

STAND UP AGAINST THE BIRTHRIGHT YA BOOK COMING OUT NEXT YEAR

ok, so let’s start from the beginning. 

In March this year, author Haley Neil announced her debut, “ONCE MORE WITH CHUTZPAH”, a YA novel about an American teen who goes on a birthright trip to Israel and dicovers her sexuality. 

This concept is a slap to the face of Palestinians.

Birthright trips are propaganda trips funded by the Israeli government, allowing Jewish young adults from around the world to visit it. THESE TRIPS ARE ZIONIST PROPAGANDA MACHINES. They are insidiously cruel, because they imply any Jewish teen from around the world has a “””right””” to visit historic Palestine, while the millions upon millions of Palestinians who trace their entire family history to that land, and who STILL hold on to the keys of the homes they were forced to flee in 1948 with equal parts hope and desperation, are systematically denied the right to ever set foot in their homeland ever again. 

As you can see, having birthright trips be the backdrop of some teen’s “self-discovery” journey is appalling. HOWEVER, HALEY NEIL CHOSE TO SOMEHOW MAKE IT EVEN WORSE. The practice of using LGBT rights as propaganda to hide Israel’s ethnic cleansing and extreme oppression of Palestinians is known as Pinkwashing, and it’s a propaganda tactic that’s been used for a long time by Zionists. Not only is it pure evil to use apparent progressive values to eclipse ethnic cleansing and apartheid, BUT ISRAELI FORCES RUOTINELY BLACKMAIL GAY PALESTINIANS INTO BEING INFORMERS. THEY COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS, OR ABOUT ANY OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. 

Palestinian activist Emily Khalifeh tried to vey politely reach out to the author, agent, and editor of the book, and THEY ALL IGNORED HER. THESE PEOPLE WHO PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT POC IN PUBLISHING A FEW WEEKS AGO IMMEDIATELY IGNORED A WOC EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THEIR DISGUSTING BOOK. Only after her tweets telling what happened gained traction did they deign to give statements on the issue. 

This is Haley Neil’s lukewarm, bullshit statement. If you’re not familiar with Zionist talking points, this might seem like an alright response to you, but the absolute uselessness of it can be summarised by noticing how she discussed her “complex feelings” about attending Jerusalem Pride because of the LGBTphobia present in Israel, WHILE NOT EVEN THINKING THAT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARENT EVEN ALLOWED INTO JERUSALEM. She didn’t think to employ Palestinian sensitivity readers until AFTER the controversy. She fully intends to publish this Zionist, pinkwashing propaganda with only some “revisions” to appease the more liberal critics. 

THIS WHOLE BOOK IS A MESS AND AN INSULT TO PALESTINIANS SUFFERING FROM HORRIFYING OPPRESSION BY THE HANDS OF ISRAEL. IT HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM BEING PUBLISHED. 

Since these people have shown they only care about making money and maintaining their reputation, the only way to REALLY make them listen is to hit them where it hurts. 

IF YOU CARE ABOUT COMBATING ZIONIST PROPAGANDA AT ALL, PLEASE GO TO THE BOOK’S GOODREADS PAGE, GIVE A ONE STAR RATING, AND WRITE A SMALL REVIEW EXPLAINING WHY. Making a Goodreads account if you don’t have one only takes 5 minutes, and is very easy!!!! It’s also a pretty important site for the publishing industry, especially for debut books like this one!!!!

ALSO, PLEASE TWEET THE PUBLISHER,  @bloomsburykids, DEMANDING THEY PULL THE BOOK, AND EMAIL THEM AT  [email protected] IF YOU CAN. 

Publishing is a money hungry industry that DOESNT CARE about POC, but if they see this kind of debut book is getting this much backlash, then they will think twice about publishing it. HELP PALESTINIANS OUT

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STAND UP AGAINST THE BIRTHRIGHT YA BOOK COMING OUT NEXT YEAR

ok, so let’s start from the beginning. 

In March this year, author Haley Neil announced her debut, “ONCE MORE WITH CHUTZPAH”, a YA novel about an American teen who goes on a birthright trip to Israel and dicovers her sexuality. 

This concept is a slap to the face of Palestinians.

Birthright trips are propaganda trips funded by the Israeli government, allowing Jewish young adults from around the world to visit it. THESE TRIPS ARE ZIONIST PROPAGANDA MACHINES. They are insidiously cruel, because they imply any Jewish teen from around the world has a “””right””” to visit historic Palestine, while the millions upon millions of Palestinians who trace their entire family history to that land, and who STILL hold on to the keys of the homes they were forced to flee in 1948 with equal parts hope and desperation, are systematically denied the right to ever set foot in their homeland ever again. 

As you can see, having birthright trips be the backdrop of some teen’s “self-discovery” journey is appalling. HOWEVER, HALEY NEIL CHOSE TO SOMEHOW MAKE IT EVEN WORSE. The practice of using LGBT rights as propaganda to hide Israel’s ethnic cleansing and extreme oppression of Palestinians is known as Pinkwashing, and it’s a propaganda tactic that’s been used for a long time by Zionists. Not only is it pure evil to use apparent progressive values to eclipse ethnic cleansing and apartheid, BUT ISRAELI FORCES RUOTINELY BLACKMAIL GAY PALESTINIANS INTO BEING INFORMERS. THEY COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS, OR ABOUT ANY OF THE BASIC RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS. 

Palestinian activist Emily Khilfeh tried to vey politely reach out to the author, agent, and editor of the book, and THEY ALL IGNORED HER. THESE PEOPLE WHO PRETENDED TO CARE ABOUT POC IN PUBLISHING A FEW WEEKS AGO IMMEDIATELY IGNORED A WOC EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THEIR DISGUSTING BOOK. Only after her tweets telling what happened gained traction did they deign to give statements on the issue. 

This is Haley Neil’s lukewarm, bullshit statement. If you’re not familiar with Zionist talking points, this might seem like an alright response to you, but the absolute uselessness of it can be summarised by noticing how she discussed her “complex feelings” about attending Jerusalem Pride because of the LGBTphobia present in Israel, WHILE NOT EVEN THINKING THAT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF ARENT EVEN ALLOWED INTO JERUSALEM. She didn’t think to employ Palestinian sensitivity readers until AFTER the controversy. She fully intends to publish this Zionist, pinkwashing propaganda with only some “revisions” to appease the more liberal critics. 

THIS WHOLE BOOK IS A MESS AND AN INSULT TO PALESTINIANS SUFFERING FROM HORRIFYING OPPRESSION BY THE HANDS OF ISRAEL. IT HAS TO BE STOPPED FROM BEING PUBLISHED. 

Since these people have shown they only care about making money and maintaining their reputation, the only way to REALLY make them listen is to hit them where it hurts. 

IF YOU CARE ABOUT COMBATING ZIONIST PROPAGANDA AT ALL, PLEASE GO TO THE BOOK’S GOODREADS PAGE, GIVE A ONE STAR RATING, AND WRITE A SMALL REVIEW EXPLAINING WHY. Making a Goodreads account if you don’t have one only takes 5 minutes, and is very easy!!!! It’s also a pretty important site for the publishing industry, especially for debut books like this one!!!!

ALSO, PLEASE TWEET THE PUBLISHER,  @bloomsburykids, DEMANDING THEY PULL THE BOOK, AND EMAIL THEM AT  [email protected] IF YOU CAN. 

Publishing is a money hungry industry that DOESNT CARE about POC, but if they see this kind of debut book is getting this much backlash, then they will think twice about publishing it. HELP PALESTINIANS OUT

#Zionism #israel #palestine #pinkwashing #BDS #YA book #Young Adult #Once More with Chutzpah #Haley Neil #publishing #bloomsbury #goodreads #writblr #being palestinian is hard and seeing this book's announcement broke the camel's back for me #please help do this!!! #it can make a difference

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And also..... consider this........ what about using my name

nevermind isrom will do

Hah! Never underestimate the power of Italian dumbassery to change heart and minds

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nevermind isrom will do

Hah! Never underestimate the power of Italian dumbassery to change heart and minds

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ur villain origin story is me calling u izzy

You know who else calls me izzy? The white Italian guy who asked me if I identified as black three (3) whole times

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We’re your villain origin story.......ur villain name will be Isrom’

The contrast between you subjecting me to that cursed name while also being considerate enough to include the apostrophe shot me in the face

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I s r o m

I'm reporting you to the Italian police for cyberbullying right now

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A momentous occasion.... I've just received my first hate mail

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dealing with the worst case scenario

your condom breaks

you feel a lump on your breast

your friends are ignoring you

you’re stranded on an island 

you got rejected by a crush

you get into a car accident

you got stung by a bee/wasp

you got fired from your job

you’re in an earthquake

your tattoo gets infected

your house is on fire

you’re lost in the woods

you get arrested abroad

you get robbed

your partner cheated on you

you’re on a ship that’s sinking

you fall into ice

you’re stuck in an elevator

you hit a deer with your car

you have food poisoning

your pet passed away

you fall off of a horse

you or your friend has alcohol poisoning

you have toxic shock syndrome

your house has a gas leak

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@ibaeprofen

What’s counterproductive to peace isn’t burning a flag, that’s nothing compared to burning and killing people. Like when Israelis burnt Palestinian family, Dawabshe, to death; killing the father and mother along with their infant child.

The UN has no authority to give land that doesn’t belong to it, if we are going to play the UN card, then why doesn’t israel adhere to resolutions 194 and 242?

Resolution 194 which calls for the return of all Palestinian refugees to their homes in their ancestral homeland, Palestine. And 242 which calls Israel to immediately withdraw from land it illegally occupied in 1967.

Plus claiming Israel ‘is trying to be better’ is a paradox given the fact Israel’s establishment was built on the ethnic cleansing and massacre of 15,000 Palestinians and expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. (And israel could of not been established without the removal of indigenous Palestinians from their lands, since they formed the majority)

So when we protest against Israel, burn its flags, and call for its dismantle, we do it to protest against a vicious and brutal regime that has been killing and oppressing people for decades. Not because we want to kill whatever number of Israelis living on historic Palestine, although vast majority of Israelis have served/are serving in an institution that has been killing Palestinians for decades aka the IDF.

من النهر، للبحر، عاشت فلسطين حرة. Min el-Nahr, la al-bahr, a’shat falsteen hura