Nuanced discussion on Israel/Palestine DESTROYS debater!!!
You won’t believe what happened next
*This is gonna be an angry article. Sorry if that’s not your vibe. We’ll get through this together.
It’s hard to be a sensitive soul.
Quite some time ago, I wrote a piece about the difficulties of being a Jew in a strange time — one in which antisemitism is so potent yet so invisible. It was also, to a lesser extent, about some difficult feelings I have with regards to my ethnic identity. And whether I like it or not, Israel is a part of my ethnic identity.
I say ethnic and not religious. I don’t believe in god and I do not miss trying to fit into a religious mold as a child. Likewise, Israel doesn’t just claim to be a protector of Judaism and Jewish traditions, but of Jewish people.
The past month has been a particularly difficult period to process. And being attacked from either side for talking-while-Jewish online has certainly contributed to a feeling of constant apprehension.
In a recent discussion with a close friend, I recalled the first time I had ever come in contact with another friend’s anti-Zionist opinion. Without thinking, I said: “it felt like I’d just found out my grandpa was in the Klan.” She laughed, and I immediately realized how ridiculous it sounded. I felt…
