AionoMar 18
Jessica Rooster

Opposition to Israel has NEVER made me feel like I was in danger as a Jew.

But goddamn I feel more in danger because an apartheid state on the other side of the world is committing genocide and war and saying they’re doing it in my name.

I hate that wearing something that may identify me as Jewish may indicate support for a country I want nothing to do with.

Mar 18 at 3:01pmWeb
Show threadjackMar 18
@rooster Reminded that a fair few people opposed the Nazis not because they were Nazis but because they were German
Show threadxoroxMar 18
@rooster Same here :/
Show threadJackieMar 18

@rooster

I agree with this. I think the world is made less safe when ghettos are just something people are ok with.

Show threadRiaResistsMar 18
@rooster As a Christian in AmeriKKKa I feel like that too.
Not as bad as being Jewish right now, I’m sure.
Stick to your faith!
Show threadMonokerosMar 18
@rooster Support for Palestinian rights was a consistent through-line of my Jewish childhood. Criticism of Israel is a Jewish way of thinking for me, and always has been.
Show threadHeidi Li FeldmanMar 18
@rooster I hate that my name makes some people think I support the government of Israel and its fascist prime minister. I am stuck with the obligation to keep disclaiming any connection or commitment to that government.
Show threadTravis ScottMar 18
@rooster I feel it’s very concerning since idiot America’s most ignorant can’t separate the government atrocities from the citizens or associations with. The same way even maga goofs can’t separate the love for a country and the pedo leader.
Show threadGabriele SveltoMar 18
@rooster it doesn't help that a lot of Netanyahu's political allies in the west are also rabid antisemites
Show threadPaula PapaiaMar 18
@rooster I guess it has been never been more important to identify BOTH as a jew and as an antizionist, but I feel you, it is tough. I am a german and it is tough too to be antizionist, because the official stance in our country is blind and complete support of Israel because of misplaced/managed guilt.
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport HolderMar 18

@rooster

Ye. It doesn't feel great to be part of the tax base that funds *all of this*, either.

Show threadOliMar 18

@rooster
Netanyahu and his genocidal thugs lie to try to use every Jewish person in the world as a human shield for the actions of Israel

Deliberately framing criticism of Israeli actions as an attack on "the Jewish community" is something politicians in the UK do constantly

Its infuriating that its been done deliberately and cynically by so many politicians and much of the media , and
I'm really sorry that you are in this position

Show threadNizami 🇺🇦Mar 19
@rooster
Israeli politics are not Judaism.
How do we get that across in this orange age?
Show threadBenjaminKMar 21
@rooster and if you or I get attacked, that'll be used as propaganda for a political movement we don't support and is knowingly ramping up the danger for all Jews, while claiming to protect and speak for all Jews. It's one of the most cynical and maddening things.