So I run a mysticism blog right. Focus heavily on Kabbalah and inner Judaism. It is taking everything in my power to not do political pieces right now. But for real though. The lack of knowledge on the history of Israel in the west is too much. Conflating Ashkenazi with Mizrahi to blend identity politics with the region and justify antisemitism is absolutely insane.
Like do y’all even recognize how much ignorance it takes to make words like supremacy, genocide or apartheid apply to this conflict?
If I drop a series of political pieces it’ll feel like betrayal to the path. And yet… if I stay silent and don’t use my voice it’ll feel like a betrayal to Judaism. I’ve never felt more conflicted and distraught.
Well, we have the Israeli High Court of Justice itself using the term "Belligerent Occupation". Is that better?
This is a perfect example.
The west reads this as proof even the Israelis view Israel as an occupying colonizer state.
It would take a literal history lesson to explain how this statement came about. We aren’t taught about the 6 Days War or how Palestinian Territories were divvied up between Jordan, Egypt, and Syria prior to the 6 days war.
Never mind the Israeli Military Govenorate was disbanded in like 1981 or something. We’re still seeing ignorance of the region brought into the conversation as if it’s relevant.
Maybe the west should try understanding nuance and respecting the people caught in the mix are human beings and not talking points for western identity politics.
Girl, I'm directly quoting the Israeli court??? What's to misread about "Belligerent Occupation"?
Do you feel shouting nuance will change like, legal definitions in international law or something?
I literally just explained why whatever international law you think applies here doesn’t actually apply. I guess you didn’t catch onto that and expect me to break down the entire history for you instead of respecting your ability to use google.
Dude just message me and I’ll go through the entire history of the region and explain all the nuance to you directly. All this back and forth reblogging is going to do is bog down peoples feeds. Again, my page focuses on mysticism so I doubt any of the occultists who follow me want to learn about middle eastern politics.
"I literally just explained it". Lol. Okay, sure buddy. 93/93 and all that <3
Alright. Since you’re being so condescending my readers will have to understand. The term occupied territories you’re citing has to do with the territories Israel occupied after the 6 days war in 1967. Prior to that event those territories were under the jurisdiction of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The Israeli Military Governorate held control of those areas from 1967-1981 until Israel and Egypt came to a peace treaty and the Sinai peninsula was returned to Egyptian control.
The most recent use of Israeli military occupation of said districts being a “belligerent occupation” was in 2016. UN Security Council’s passed resolutions to end Israel’s military presence once and for all, but again, this has to do with specific areas of the region, not Israel as a whole.
Obamas administration was involved in this part looking for a two state solution that would bring lasting peace by returning the territories back to the 1967 lines. While all that was happening the UN was still concerned about Palestinians being encouraged to openly attack civilians not responsible for said occupation.
That last part is crazy because the Palestinians- statistically speaking- who support coexistence outnumber the ones who support Hamas and its desire to eradicate Jews completely. While terrorism is a very real threat and elements of Palestinians want the death of all Jews they are outnumbered.
Also, Netanyahu received tons of blowback from the left by resisting the UN’s decision. He’s not the most popular leader the country has had.
Something tells me that’s not what you’re implying though. You’re not historically interested in the term “belligerent occupation” being used to define areas that were occupied by Israel during the 6 Days War. My guess is you’re a westerner who believes the term implies the Israeli government sees Israel as a whole as somehow belligerent.
See, I’m not confused by the nuance or the history of said occupation. I’m confused by the western liberal with no knowledge of the history using whatever they can to justify their opinion of Israel. It’s called confirmation bias.
