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Question for my jewish friends!

Look. I know a lot of people bring up the fact that leftists in America hate Jews bcs they hate America and they hate their colonial past so they project their guilt on the jews and so on. And there is some truth in that, but the more I see leftist american antisemitism the more I start to suspect it almost comes from people that deep down want to believe America is innocent?

There is a legitimate discussion to have abt the increasing right wing radicalization of israeli society. Abt its increasing desensitization to palestinian suffering. BUT I don't dare have that discussion with anyone non jewish bcs I KNOW they will resort to language that implies that the reason why this happens is bcs there is something ontologically evil abt (((Zionists))). When in reality, if we want to discuss and scrutinize the radicalization of israeli society WE NEED to first discuss things such as intergenerational Holocaust trauma. And in general trauma from the knowledge that every country in Europe at some point kicked out its Jews. And trauma from being in a state of war or near war every day since your conception. And trauma from constant bombings and sirens. And explosions in buses. And October 7. But doing that would require gentiles recognizing that israelis are human no different to them. That what led to israeli society getting radicalized or turning more racist against Palestinians isn't that something is uniquely evil abt them. It is emotions such as fear for their children and anger and pain. Emotions everyone feels and would feel in their place. I am actually not playing by double standards here. I despise islamic radicalism amongst palestinians and hamas but I am perfectly willing to aknowledge and discuss palestinian trauma that led to its rise. Perfectly willing. No problem.