What’s happening in the Middle East isn’t about Judaism. It’s about Zionism.
Being anti-zionist, anti-imperialist, opposed to genocide, an advocate for ceasefire and peace negotiations … none of this equates to anti-semitism.
This post contains Jewish voices who uphold traditional Jewish values, who are not aligned with the Zionist ideology that informs the Israeli government policies.
The Historical Perspective
Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, he lost family in the WWII Holocaust. He is a political science educator who carefully and calmly explains the history of Israel and why he does not support the zionist agenda.
Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen are Jewish independent journalists who travelled to Gaza in 2014 and created a documentary called Killing Gaza.
This Is About Power
Katie Halper is a Jewish independent journalist who hosts Useful Idiots alongside Jewish independent journalist Aaron Maté. Here she is interviewed by Sabrina Salvati, indy journalist and host of the Sabby Sabs podcast.
Connecting to the Bigger Picture
Sahar Vardi is a vegan Jewish peace activist living in Jerusalem. I spoke with her during the 2020 lockdown campaign when I was hosting Plant Powered Radio. She talks about her resistance to the military programming and subsequent jail time, and discusses Canada’s role in the region with concerns about military shipments that are continually sent but never tracked.
Interesting to consider the ways that our consumption and use of animals for food, clothing, medical testing, entertainment - all of which normalizes and makes acceptable animal cruelty, abuse, and torture - might feed the Zionist ideology that promotes the sacrifice of animals for the furtherance of Zionist goals which are described here by Jewish filmmaker and journalist Dan Cohen.
If you’re interested in knowing about legislation that Canada is currently reviewing that will punish activists and journalists seeking to expose animal cruelty on farms across the country, the Animal Justice legal team explain what’s going on in the Legislature, and how we can get involved in protecting the animals from being pushed even further into the silent darkness.
Join the Resistance!
Jewish friends who want to check out and/or join the global #NOTinOURname response to the Zionist genocidal agenda might visit groups like Independent Jewish Voices Canada, or Jewish Voice for Peace.
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Thank you for compiling this excellent list. So many gems here. I've watched several interviews with Norman Finkelstein now, and his knowledge of the zionist dispossession, persecution and unpersoning of the Palestine people is encyclopaedic.
Glenn Greenwald's coverage of the Gaza situation has also been excellent.