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evangelinelawson · 6 months

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Isreal is using Hamas as an excuse to massacre Palestinians infront of us.

This didn't start last week after the attack by Hamas, this started 75 years ago with the nakba, when the Israeli government forced 700,000 Palestinians from their homes, and killed as many of the remaining citizens as they could. This has been a continuing issue and cycle of violence for 75 years, and Isreal has been in my opinion very clearly waiting for a moment like this to carry out the horrible genocide we've been seeing. Isreal allowed the funding of hamas for years, they ignored the warning from Egypt about the upcoming hamas attack, and they moved into action with these war crimes and lies in a (in my opinion) suspiciously quick manner. It's heartbreaking because not only were they looking for an excuse to publicly execute Palestinian people with as little backlash as possible, but they let their own people be the collateral damage for it.

Standing with Palestine does not mean standing with Hamas, and the narrative that the Israeli government is spinning to reinforce that is disgusting. The narrative they're pushing that standing with Palestine means you're antisemitic is disgusting. Trying to tie Zionism to Judaism is disgustingly manipulative, especially when a large number of Jewish people themselves are antizionist. Forcing people to choose between being seen as antisemitic or turning away from the deaths of thousands is disgusting, and should be enough to show people what the Israeli government really is at its core.

The fact that western media, governments and celebrities are so willing to pretend they can't see that, is a great example of weaponizing ignorance. Look at how many of them are now backtracking, saying shit like "Well I didn't know" or "I didn't fully understand" or pretending to be shocked by the recent hospital bombing, saying they couldve never saw this coming. Then why speak? You shouldn't give an opinion on something as serious as genocide if you know so little about the situation. Stop trying to make excuses for yourselves now that people are calling you out. You have the blood of more than 3,000 innocent people on your hands. That's not even including the 500 - 1500 dead from the hospital bombing.

My heart is with the victims in the hamas attack, no innocent person deserves to die in this atrocity, but I stand unequivocally with Palestine. If your concern for innocent life started last week after the hamas attack, and does not include Palestinians after 75 years of innocent Palestinian deaths, you don't really care about innocent lives. Please stop using them as a means to justify genocide

Please listen to Palestinians right now, hear from them first hand what is going on, and what has been going on for 75 years. Follow @eye.on.palestine and @middleeasteye on IG to get news updates in real time, also follow people like @anat_international @nurse.conner @simkern @saintlevant @clios_world @missabolition @wizard_bisan1 @sincerelyawa @llilmaz @iamsbeih on tiktok and Instagram to learn more about the situation

#palestine #free palestine #israel #palestinian genocide #nakba

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bookishfeylin · 10 months

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I don't want to accuse Sjm of Zionism, there is simply not enough evidence and it is a severe accusation because of the state of Palestine right now and can very easily be blatantly Anti-Semitic. But I do want to say with her track record of being racist, misogynistic, homophobic and with a tendency to write her white main characters as conquerers and colonizers (Its not confirmed but we can all get a picture of Feysand being primed for High King and Queen) it does rub me wrong.

Not to mention a lot of ToG has that same undertone. There's a conversation between Aelin and Rowan where they talk about conquering more lands after taking back Terrasen and she says that if she gets “bored of being queen she will conquer and gain more land to be empress". And once again I'm not saying this to accuse her of Zionism, but it doesn't feel right and Sjm is known to write in a way that mirrors her personal beliefs. I say this with only regards to her actions (through her writing) and not her beliefs as a Jewish woman.

There's nothing wrong with visiting her family in Israel, or even having a grandmother that still volunteers at a military base because that's her grandmother's actions and not hers. There is something wrong with the fact that she wrote Aelin as someone who's "taking back" her country and then contemplating conquering more. And Feysand possibly being High King and Queen when they treat PoC coded Illyrians like they're savages and you don't see them outside of the Mountains unless they're dying for Rhysand on the battlefield. It just all feels very colonizer to me.

I hope I'm not coming off as rude, the issue of Palestine is very close to my heart and reading ToG and Acotar and seeing some things mirrored in them has always kind of remained unsettled with me and I would love to hear your opinion on it.

Hi anon! Nope, you’re not rude! :) So a big disclaimer: I am a Black American. Any analysis I can offer on this is through that lens, fortunately or unfortunately. That being said:

While the pro-imperialist, pro-colonialist, and pro-"both sides" themes PERMEATING Sarah's writing do likely point to her beliefs or biases (even unconscious, internalized ones she has), so do the artistic works of many white creators, often in way worse and way more blatant ways than Sarah's books. How many of tumblr's beloved “children’s shows” feature the imperialist/colonizers/genocide committing villains be shown as redeemable, as sympathetic, and worthy of redemption while simultaneously declaring any victims of colonization/genocide who have the audacity to fight back as the REAL bad guy, or just as bad as their oppressors? And not just children’s shows—so much media in general has this same theme, where the colonizers are more redeemable than the colonized, often including a cautionary tale warning oppressed peoples to “be careful” in our liberation efforts so we don’t become “just as bad.” (See my on media tag for a lot of discussion on this, among other things.) Our media—our books, our television shows, our movies— are, unfortunately, FULL of colonizer/imperialist apologia. Full of some “they’re human too!” nonsense that I am TIRED of having shoved down my throat. My point is, Sarah's writing is more likely due to her being a white woman in western society rather than any support of what’s happening to Palestinians. She’s one white creator among many, and merely exists as a symptom of a greater problem in our society and white fans who argue that pointing this out and critiquing this disgusting trope of “oppressor is redeemable and sympathetic and HUMAN but oppressed aren’t” in their favorite cartoon is being a ~toxic anti puritan~ make this worse. So does her writing point to her own biases about the nature of oppression? Yes, but in a way that appears to be no different than most media made by white people in the West, and unrelated to her thoughts on the Israel-Palestine conflict specifically. But yes please be unsettled because these ideas are ALARMINGLY present in media.

#i hope I came off as nice??? I truly was trying to be very polite in my response #I just think her problematic writing is more due to her having biases like nearly every other white creator #And I don’t like jumping to ‘her works suggest she might support israel’#On media #SJM critical #anti sjm #anti acotar #ask #anon

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5ivebyfive · 6 months

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Part of the reason I need a break from tumblr is the rampant, disgusting anti-semitic takes I'm seeing everywhere. I don't block the tag because I want to see my fellow Jewish bloggers explaining things. But it breaks my heart.

It breaks my heart to see people saying that Israelis or Jews deserve what happened to them. It breaks my heart that people say there's only one side, when human beings, who didn't cause this, are going through horrible things on every side.

I don't owe anyone this explanation, but I will say I support Palestine and hate the leader of Israel. What you may not know is that he's at his lowest approval rating among Israelis. They don't want all of this. And neither do I. But I still have compassion. And I'm glad I have compassion.

I have zero compassion or understanding for the many, many people who are being anti-semitic, who blame Israeli citizens or moreso, blame all Jews, and who send death threats to Jewish bloggers. And what makes me more sad is that many of these people being so hateful seem to be under 30. They are only repeating what they see on social media without thinking for themselves or learning about what they're saying. It scares me that these are the new generations. And, you can be antisemitic even if you're on the left. You just may not realize it.

I will be reblogging some posts, and I will tag them accordingly as antisemitism if you want to block them. I will understand. But I also encourage you to read some of them and learn what statements may seem innocuous, but are actually quite antisemitic. I like to believe I have kind-hearted followers who would want to learn and who are not like that. And as horrible as seeing some of this antisemitism is, I think it could really open people's eyes who may not see or understand.

I am proud of who I am. I am proud of my compassion. I have it for all humans, except those with hate in their hearts. Because they don't deserve it and I don't want to even let them in my mind.

When I see bad takes on my dash, I will block. I just have to. I know I'm too empathetic and I shouldn't take it all in so much, but it's a hard thing to control. When or if I need to, I will block the tag. I already block the i/p tags so that I only see those posts when I feel like I can.

Anyways, please educate yourself and learn the dogwhistles. Report blogs you see this hate from.

And one final note:

It's been reported that last year, antisemitic crimes went up 37%. It's at the highest it's been in many many years. And I'm worried to see what next years statistic will be, after all of this.

Please have compassion, love, and respect for anyone that's a victim of this war.

Thank you.

#rose rambles #antisemitism #important post i think

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