#judge of Israel

[kdmiller55]

Give Us A King!

1 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside after gain. They took bribes and perverted justice. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah 5 and said to him, “Behold, you are old…

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#1 Samuel #1 Samuel 8 #David #disobedience #Eli #give us a king #God #Joel and Abijah #judge of Israel #Moses #Old Testament #priests #rejection #Samuel #sin #Tabernacle #wicked men

[lil-gingerbread-queen]

So, I cannot show support to Palestine at my university (flyers for protest, the colors and the flag, you get it...) because it's "encouraging violence and antisemitism" but when my university was tagged with antisemitic symbols, they did NOTHING. When the students union was targeted with threat of violence and their office was destroyed, covered with neo-nazis symbols, they did NOTHING.

The Neo-Nazis student association (which has been multiple times reported for their hate-crimes) were distributing flyers at the entrance yesterday WITHOUT ANY ISSUES, because they support Israel.

#I'm so mad #france #palestine #And I will not talk about the caricature of leftists in a nazi uniform because we support Palestine #That's like so fucking disgusting how dare they compare people being AGAINST a genocide to Nazis #repeating to myself that murdering one of those assholes of the gov will only make it worse #don't fucking judge me on my violent thought I a French leftist this is normal to us we know this is the only way to get things done #bro look at the Marseillaise lyrics it's about fighting turanny and oppressors that kill your family #and you dare make France stand with Israel #I know things suck way more for other people but I am tired and scared about what France is becoming

[singinginthecar]

as a medical professional but more importantly, as a human being, i will never forget these war crimes after war crimes after war crimes

#personally i could never leave my patients behind in an active war zone... if there are ppl willing to stay behind to risk it all then i'll #be one of them #that's my personal choice though #but i do not blame those who left #as medical professionals we signed up to save lives... we are not soldiers who are signing up to fight and to 'give' our lives for the sake #of others #so doctors are human beings too who are scared for their own lives... so please don't judge those who have left #god knows how much they've endured already #palestine #israel #my posts #100

[totallyseiso]

That hearing for South Africa's case against Israel is done for today, and tomorrow Israel is supposed to give their response.

What are the odds we hear the exact same shit about "right to self-defense" they've been pushing since October? I'm just getting the feeling that since their actions are unjustifiable, they'll stick to the same old script since there's nothing else they can say

#looking at what countries the judges are from and im worried that theyll ignore everything and rule in favour of israel

[the-ships-to-rule-them-all]

I don’t think people realize how all consuming October 7, the war and the rising antisemitism is to most Jews right now. I was just on a five day family trip and nearly every single conversation ended up circling back to what’s going on in Israel, across the world and at home. My mom knew Vivian Silver, an incredible peace activist thought to be held hostage and I had to sit there and watch her realize that not only was Vivian murdered at her home 38 days before but that she was likely burned if it took this long for her body to be identified. I was forced to sit there and watch my mom, my favorite woman in the world, watch her face crumple. We were sharing updates, accounts to follow, venting and releasing frustrations. It is a constant unbreakable struggle right now for me and most Jews I know to not be glued to our phones, to not pay attention. Because we’ve seen what happens when we don’t. Because we can’t afford to turn our backs on what’s going on. And there’s a deep ever present grief not only for the victims of October 7th, the innocent citizens of Gaza, the hostages and also for my own personal sense of safety and security. I am also grieving what is a shattering beyond measure of my present and future trust in people as I’ve witnessed how easily well intentioned kind hearted people have decided to say nothing, publicly or privately, or who have quickly fallen into vicious antisemitic rhetoric. I’m just sharing into the void at this point but it’s been unimaginably hard on a personal level. I’m not the same person I was when I went to bed on October 6. It’s as though I’m a shadow, made of grief and anger and tiny fractured bits of hope. Every piece of joy feels as though it’s been muted because of how quickly it fades. And even the moments that last are related to my Jewish identity somehow. I am not sure where I go from here.

Have a cat gif for reading all of that

#abby speaks #jumblr #I don’t know if anybody in the tag relates to how I’m feeling but it feels like the right place for it to go #not tagging I/p and antisemitism though this post deals with it because I don’t want to get bombarded #Jews can reblog as can followers #I’ll say it here to fend of comments; this is my personal reflection #I’ve stated several times that I believe in a Palestinian state and their rights of self determination libration and pursuit of life #I simply don’t believe that that should come at the cost of Israel’s right to exist and to Jewish safety around the globe #if that makes me a Zionist than I am a proud Zionist #I firmly believe that those taking advantage of this pain and horror to spread hate will be judged by karma #that includes the settlers in the Israeli West Bank; Netenyahu and his corrupt colition #and anyone who is ripping down and defacing posters of the hostages #Hamas is a terrorist organization that benefits no one but themselves #if you truly cared about the Palestinians you would have understood that they need to be removed and their agenda dismantled

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Deborah the Prophetess

2654-2694 BC

Feast day: November 1

 St. Deborah was the Fourth Judge of the Israelites. Living in Ephraim, she was faithful and true, a prophetic voice of God during dark, sinful times.  God spoke to Deborah to instruct Barak, the Israelites commander, to lead his army into battle against the Canaanites and their cruel general, Sisera. Barak refused to go into battle unless Deborah would go with him. She agreed but told him the glory of victory would be a women’s. God was with the Israelites and scattered Sisera’s army. Sisera fled to the tent of a woman named Jael, who killed him with a tent stake while he slept. Deborah herself glorified Jael in her famous “Song of Deborah”.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

#St Deborah #Jewish women #Israels Judges #catholic art #artist on tumblr

[electrosquash]

*taps the sign*

I do wonder how sueing like. half the political and journalistic landscape. for genocide denial in palestine would go over

#the article has lots of caveats because judges would e.g. be cautious to rule in ongoing conflicts (which i agree with) but #it would be interesting to see a court take this on #this is why i'm looking at whatever comes out of the ICJ even if it won't move israel to cease its onslaught

[a-queer-seminarian]

The "Conquest of Canaan" and Palestine Today

A little bit ago an anon asked about how to deal with parts of the Bible that depict the Israelites violently removing the original inhabitants of Canaan in order to settle in their promised land, particularly in light of how those texts are used to justify the modern state of Israel's occupation of and violence against Palestine today.

I did my best to respond — and then @imusthavebecomesomething replied to let me know that Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg recently explored the same exact questions in her newsletter, Life Is a Sacred Text!

Naturally, she articulated her points much better than I. So I'm back to recommend her piece, which delves into:

the historical context of Israel's founding vs. the political narrative the biblical authors formed around it

the atrocities that narrative has been used to justify (from the Crusades to European colonialism to today's atrocities in Gaza)

why it's still worth reading these stories ("shake them and shake them until the insight falls out")

She ultimately concludes that (the following is an excerpt from her article):

Israelites and Canaanites were likely basically the same peoples, with different customs. They were not "ethnically" different in any way, except that they eventually became a separate "ethnos" in the hiiiighly academic sense of "having a common national or cultural tradition," belonging to different peoplehoods, with different religious-tribal customs, different ideas about what made you an insider and outsider, etc. But were they "ethnically" different, in the way that we use it today? Nauxpe. Nope. Nawp. Which means...

Both Israelites/Jews and Palestinians have existed on that patch of land as far back as history goes, and

Those of us who have wayback Jew ancestry (see above: you can be part of the Jewish ethnos/people without being an ethnic Jew, dig) are related, genetically, to Palestinians. Surprise, surprise? (To whom, exactly??) And it also means that

The "God gave us this land to conquer and encouraged us to genocide the locals" narrative was originally a political fabrication and it has since been used for innumerable horrific political ends, including now.

There's way more in her actual article, which is absolutely worth reading in full — so here it is!

#reading and studying the bible #rabbi danya ruttenberg #biblical israel #israel #judaism #joshua #judges #numbers

[the-lady-maddy]

#uganda #icj ruling #icj failure #icj judge #endisraelsgenocide #palestine #gaza #i stand with palestine 🇵🇸 #free gaza #free palestine 🇵🇸 #gaza strip #free palestine #gazaunderattack #palestine resources #israel is a terrorist state #israel is committing genocide #Instagram

[kdmiller55]

The Lord Has Helped Us

1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord. 2 From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. 3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If…

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#1 Samuel #1 Samuel 7 #Ark of the Covenant #Ashtaroth #Baal #Day of Atonement #deliverance #God #idolatry #Israel #judge of Israel #Philistines #purging #Samuel #Shiloh #unfaithfulness

[greencarnation]

Being annoying is free and all of you should be so much more annoying. Call your representatives again even if you've already called five times today and spam your instagram stories and never shut up about it to your friends and families even if they don't give two shits

#i cant tell you how many people ive dragged along willingly or unwillingly to events this month just by being really fucking annoying abt it #listen i watched a child die a minute ago the last thing i care about is being perceived as obnoxious #nothing could matter less #be more fucking annoying #if your mp still hasn't answered and you've emailed every day email again #bring it up in class at work everywhere you can #so many of y'all are scared of coming off annoying or being judged and im begging you to realise that thats the least of your worries #palestine #gaza #israel #free palestine

[gospocki]

It wasn't cold, but I still shivered at the thought of how cold a world we live in. That someone is bombing unarmed people, civilians, children, babies, women, old people non-stop for 4 months. That leaders are afraid to stand up to evildoers! What kind of leaders are you?! What is someone fighting for? Why do they all have to die?!? For a liter of oil, gas...

Steal other people's land, kill innocent people and children, newborns, kill the fetus in the womb of a mother, shoot weak old people, torture, rape, release dogs on these innocent people, carry out the Holocaust of the modern era in full view of the whole world, shown on all screens around the world ...

And life goes on, right? Hand to mouth, hand to eyes, hand to ears. It will pass? You don't raise your voice for weak people, you hesitate because someone can condemn you? I don't care what ethnicity you are, what failed nationality you are, what religion you are. I will tell you that the first thing you need to be is a "human being" and then everything else. And you are not a human being.

Remember, everything starts from Palestine. There will be a lot of pain and no humanity. This applies to all. Get ready, because the Earth has suffered. We allowed genocide and we continue to allow it.

Keep worrying about small and unimportant things. Take care of your appearance, fix your hair. Drink coffee and complain about something. Ordinary mortals.

P A L E S T I N E 🇵🇸

#gospodinmangup1001 #palestine #genocide #free palestine #israel #muslims #muslim #islam #catholic #ortodox #jewish #pagans #judge #God #Allah

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Jethro Advises Moses

13 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the evening. 14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?" 15 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. 16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."

17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. 18 You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone. 19 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God. 20 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you. 23 If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace." — Exodus 18:13-23 | New Heart English Bible (NHEB) The New Heart English Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Genesis 42:18; Genesis 47:6; Exodus 18:12; Exodus 18:24; Exodus 18:26; Exodus 24:14; Leviticus 24:12; Numbers 9:6; Numbers 11:14; Numbers 11:17; Numbers 27:5; Deuteronomy 1:9; Deuteronomy 1:12; Deuteronomy 1:17-18; Deuteronomy 4:1; Acts 6:3

#Jethro #advice #Moses #judges #Israel #burden #help #disputes #peace #justice #wisdom #Exodus 18:13-23 #Book of Exodus #Old Testament #NHEB #New Heart English Bible

[p0ison-moon]

I have what’s going to be a really unpopular take but please just hear me out. Lately a lot of fellow Jewish bloggers on this website have (rightfully!!) been getting annoyed by random people going into their inboxes and asking if they’re Zionist, how they feel about Israel, etc. And I totally empathize with that because I’m an anti-Zionist Jew so I spend a lot of time correcting people’s assumptions that I must support Israel because I’m Jewish. Furthermore, I want Zionism to stop being seen as a central, undeniable part of being Jewish because that makes Jews like me feel pretty unwelcome. And I am aware that those asks often accuse us of dual loyalty, an antisemitic stereotype. So I’m not saying bloggers should have to answer those asks, or that they can’t get mad about them.

However, I think bloggers are wrong when they say that they can’t affect or change what happens in Israel because they’re American Jews (or otherwise diasporic, but it is almost always Americans who say this), not Israeli Jews.

Look. It’s one thing if you just don’t want to get involved (although I am totally judging you). But I can name a billion different ways American Jews have changed things in Israel, and stuff we can do right now! For example:

- protesting our tax dollars paying for weapons and bombs Israel uses to kill Palestinians, by pressuring our elected representatives, senators, and president into taking a stand against Israel

- supporting the Not on Our Dime Act, which is aiming to prohibit tax-deductible donations from being used to fund illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank

- working to change Jewish studies curriculum and summer camp + youth group programming to provide kids and students with more options than just Zionism, and a more complete + less biased education about Israel

- no tech for apartheid: Jewish Google workers protesting against Project Nimbus, which helps the Israeli government with surveillance of Palestinians

- using our position to educate people and make our opinions heard, so we don’t let Jewish Zionist organizations speak for us all and influence what gentiles think about Israel and current-day antisemitism

- I have my own opinions about the recent protests over Netanyahu’s judicial reform, but lots of American Jews supported them and they were definitely effective

- and that’s just a few of the many ways I’ve seen American Jews work towards creating real change in Israel. are we the only ones who can do this? no. but gentiles can’t shape the future of the American Jewish community, which altogether has quite a lot of influence in Israel. only we can do those things.

Saying that as American Jews our voices and actions don’t matter when it comes to Israel is actually such a weak, lame-ass excuse for refusing to take a stance for or against Israel. This isn’t something we get to be neutral about; silence equals support for Zionism.

That being said, I can’t control what individual people do. If you seriously want to refuse to support Palestine, fine. Whatever. Just please stop using “American Jews can’t help anyways!” as your excuse when that’s such a blatantly false claim.

#mercy.txt #anti zionist #jumblr #palestine #imo you can’t be Zionist and genuinely support Palestinians btw #so-called liberal Zionists do not get a free pass <3 #also: this post is not about me or my belief that Zionism is morally reprehensible #however I do think that and I’m not going to hide or apologize for it. and yeah I do really judge people who are Zionist! #I am sick and tired of toning down my beliefs and ignoring my values for the sake of a peaceful community irl #and I know what happens when I’m vocally anti-Zionist & I’ve been treated awfully in the past. #so forgive me if I’m not super understanding or accepting of Zionist Jews. #I get it that the indoctrination was rly strong and people get pretty attached to Israel #but after all the stuff I’ve experienced and witnessed I’m honestly out of empathy! we should know better & I’m disappointed that we don’t. #I just don’t see how anyone can still support Israel while knowing what they do to Palestinians #and I have other issues with Zionism too but those are too complicated for tags

[homochadensistm]

What is the vibe in Israel about the whole ICJ business. Angry about the libel? Nervous about the ramifications? Not giving a fuck?

I'm anxious in the diaspora. Might about to be getting a whole lot more dangerous for us.

#israel #palestine #ICJ #its a 0 consequences circus based on libel ppl already know the outcome will have nothing to do with reality #and everything to do with political loyalties of the judging nations lmao

[thebookofthings]

They did not deserve this. They deserved more.

#eurovision #eurovison 2023 #esc 2023 #eurovison song contest #lord of the lost #they didn't deserve this #fuck israel #like what the fuck #how are they judging this #they put on an amazing show and sounded great