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eretzyisrael · 2 months

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JTA and Andrew Lapin

Almost as soon as the piece appeared online, it began drawing criticism from within the Guernica staff. Founded in 2004 partly in response to the Iraq War and named after Pablo Picasso's famous anti-war painting, the nonprofit magazine has long married literary bona fides and left-wing politics.

Joshua Gutterman Tranen, an anti-Zionist Jewish writer who has published in Guernica in the past, specifically pointed out a passage he found objectionable in which Chen briefly pauses her volunteer work after October 7, writing, "How could I continue after Hamas had massacred and kidnapped so many civilians, including Road to Recovery members, such as Vivian Silver, a longtime Canadian peace activist? And I have to admit, I was afraid for my own life."

"The moment in the Guernica essay where the Israeli writer – who never considers why Palestinian children don't have access to adequate healthcare b/c of colonization and apartheid – says she has to stop assisting them getting medical support because of 'Hamas,'" Tranen tweeted. "This is genocidal."

Chen's essay is not the first time progressive Jews and Israelis have been condemned for being insufficiently critical of Israel. The official movement to boycott Israel, for example, called for a boycott of Standing Together, an Israeli-Palestinian coexistence group that opposes the war, saying that the group promotes "normalization" of Israel. And when Haymarket Books, a left-wing publisher, recently announced a book co-authored by longtime leaders of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace, it drew sharp criticism on Instagram – in part because one author, who supports boycotting Israel, is married to an Israeli and has family members in Israel.

For some Jews who have questioned their place in progressive and literary spaces since October 7, Guernica's retraction offered new evidence of a toxic discourse in which no Israeli or Jew can pass muster.

"THIS is what was beyond the pale? This essay of nuance, lived experiences, fears, hopes, and continuing to strive in her own way for peace?" tweeted Sara Yael Hirschhorn, a historian of modern Israel who has written about her own struggle to sustain her liberal Zionist outlook after the attack, after reading the retracted piece. "Obviously this is just a bigoted decision about an Israeli and Jewish author … This virtual burning of books is bareknuckled antisemitism."

Emily Fox Kaplan, a Jewish writer who had shared the essay before it was retracted, wrote that she saw the criticism of Chen's essay as part of a much wider dynamic.

"The problem, when it really comes down to it, is that it presents an Israeli as human," she tweeted. "The people who are losing their minds about this want to believe that there are no civilians in Israel. They want a simple good guys/bad guys binary, and this creates cognitive dissonance."

Some non-Jewish writers also lamented the piece's retraction.

Matt Gallagher, a war correspondent who is also a veteran and who opposes the Israel-Hamas war, said his own work had benefited from reading thoughtful authors whose perspectives were different from his own.

"If you want the war in Gaza to end, as I do," he tweeted, "shouting down calm Israeli voices mulling the ruin of it all isn't going to help."

#guernica #guernica magazine #progressive jews #joanna chen #israel #hamas #gaza #jews #jewish writers #boycott #antisemitism #israelis as human

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kaapstadgirly · 4 months

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1998, Edward Said.

"Israel was constructed on the ruins of another society."

via conflictechoes on insta

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troythecatfish · 1 month

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ceeseepalette · 2 months

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#free palestine #palestine #free gaza #stand with gaza #gaza genocide #gazaunderattack #gaza strip #gaza #palestine genocide #genocide #ethnic cleansing #save gaza #save palestine #israeli occupation #current events #gaza news #free west bank #politics #human rights

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acepumpkinpatrick · 2 months

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THEY BOMBED NASSER HOSPITAL

They're not even trying to hide behind the "There’s tunnels under the hospitals" excuse anymore.

The Israeli Zionist Occupation has bombed all hospitals in Gaza Strip thus changing the conduct of modern warfare forever.

#palestine #gaza #israel #free palestine #gaza strip #genocide #israeli army #current events #free gaza #ישראל #humanitarian crisis #human rights #icj #rafah #khan younis

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sayruq · 3 months

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #apartheid #israeli apartheid #west bank #human rights

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guesswhojusttt · 2 months

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#apartheid #ceasefire now #end the occupation #free palestine #humanitarian crisis #i stand with palestine #israel is an apartheid state #israeli war crimes #stop the genocide #colonialism #human rights #Palestine #social justice #humanitarian aid #israel

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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#feminist #social justice #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #settler violence #current events #settler colonialism #crimes against humanity #human rights violations #war on gaza #gaza news #gaza strip #gaza genocide #gaza #united nations #famine #israeli war crimes #war crimes

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totallynotcensorship · 1 month

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sugas6thtooth · 1 month

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Those soldiers are absolutely disgusting. Like the vilest of the vile. And that's supposed to attract people??? Treating another person like cattle??? Psychos istg.

#free palestine #palestine #gaza #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #pray for palestine #humanize palestinians #israeli soldiers #tinder #dating #ceasefire #permanent ceasefire #genocide #israel is committing genocide #israel #america #usa

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historyforfuture · 20 days

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No difference except , the zionists made it worse , they stripped them from their clothes

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hilacopter · 2 months

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conflating diaspora jews with the actions of the israeli government is not okay, yes, but have you considered it's not okay to conflate israeli jews with them either

#listen. no hate to diaspora jews. y'all are suffering unimaginable antisemitism rn.#but as an israeli it makes me so mad how they're always the only ones leftists care about when it comes to antisemitism if even #“nooo guys we can't be mean to diaspora jews because of isnotreal it's antisemitic and wrong!”#“israelis? now those are completely fine to harass and wish death upon <3”#people just straight up don't see us as humans deserving of basic decency i think #when they at very least pretend to or believe they like diaspora jews #leftist antisemitism #antisemitism #israel #jumblr

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kaapstadgirly · 3 months

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I'm so speechless. To think there are so much more trapped underneath the rubble just like this, but they are not found 💔

eye.on.palestine

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troythecatfish · 2 months

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I know the media in this country is all propaganda

because the NY Times got caught red handed making up stories about hamas killing babies, and raping women

...stories that were shared around the world and used to legitimize and justify the genocide of Palestine...

and no other mainstream news agencies bothered to report what is possibly the biggest media scandal of the century.

It literally proves Israel's narrative is a lie.

But we don't have real news.

We drown in propaganda instead.

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mariluphoto · 5 months

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"Israel is banning Palestinian hostages and their families from speaking to the media, holding any type of community gathering or celebration, including distributing sweets as part of family celebrations.

Any violation would result in a 70,000 israeli shekels ($18,000) fine.

Israel not only robs Palestinians of their life and liberty; but also their joy."

(via. rosypirani)

#Palestinian hostages #free palestine #palestine #end israeli apartheid #end israeli occupation #human rights

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acepumpkinpatrick · 3 months

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Half an hour ago all of Palestinian tags were trending and now only one?!! Oh they're trying hard fr fr 💀

Anyway, keep talking about Palestine and the Gaza Strip y'all.

The shit that is happening inside the Israeli gov. cabinet? Hilarious.

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #gaza strip #genocide #israel #israeli army #current events #ישראלים #ישראלבלר #עם ישראל חי #טאמבלר ישראלי #free gaza #lebanon #human rights #colonization #middle east

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