LaraFriedmanDC
For folks who aren’t following the birdsite, yesterday the son of the prime minister of Israel argued in a 4-part thread that, in effect, Kanye & friends are 100% right to stereotype & hate bad Jews (= “liberals”, “globalists”) — but that they shouldn’t stereotype & hate all Jews because some Jews - like the Netanyahus - are good (“conservatives”, “patriots”) who share the same values as Kanye & friends.
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Show threaddanorrmite✡️Nov 22, 2022

@LaraFriedmanDC

Here's another implication he is making: Israel is a state for Good Jews, not all Jews. That implication is directed at (Jewish) political enemies within Israel.

I think that says a lot about the direction of democracy in the so-called Jewish state.

None of this is new. His father made it explicit years ago when he called Israeli Jews helping Isareli Arabs get to the polls a national security emergency.

Show threadDeeGeeNov 22, 2022
@danorrmite @LaraFriedmanDC I'm curious what he means by "stronger national identity in Israel, Europe and the U.S." He advocates for Christian nationalism in the West, so where does that leave Diaspora Jews who are not willing or able to emigrate to Israel, even if they identify as Jewish nationalists? Does he not see the contradiction here?
Show threaddanorrmite✡️Nov 22, 2022

@deegee @LaraFriedmanDC

i wonder who wrote it, because I doubt it was him.

Show threadPhlawlessNov 22, 2022
@deegee @danorrmite @LaraFriedmanDC There has always been a sinister undertone whereby Jews who don't move to Israel are no longer considered "real Jews", or at least are less important to the Likudniks than anti-Semitic regimes who sell them guns to shoot Arabs with
Show threadAlex is always organizingNov 22, 2022
@LaraFriedmanDC these guys are more than willing ranch hands for loading us into the cattle cars but are surprised that they're also on the manifest.