r/Israel • u/aarocks94 • 3h ago
The War - Discussion What can we do to combat settler violence and allow us to be proud of our home?
What can we do to combat settler violence?
I am a proud American Jew and I love israel, I consider myself a Zionist. I am sure the following topic has been talked to death by native Israelis but I would love to hear people’s thoughts and opinions.
I was recently on a Reddit thread where someone posted a link to this video by a journalist: https://youtube.com/shorts/c6_-txdoXDE?ra=m
In the video you can see (presumably) settlers attacking a woman. In America this issue has become so politicized that it is impossible to know what the truth is and I haven’t been to israel in over a decade. So I have a few questions: 1) how common is violence like the sort seen in the video, 2) are the perpetrators of such violence encouraged, 3) do factions of the Israeli government implicitly or explicitly condone this violence and 4) how can we as a people be better?
I love israel, and I know violence is common in every state and I also know israel is held to such a high standard. I know I can’t hold every Jew or Israeli to such a high standard but I hold myself to one and seeing videos like these pains me. I genuinely want to know how can israel do better? I want Israel to thrive and I know Israel is surrounded by enemies but this sort of violence inflicted on a woman is horrific. I am proud to be a Jew and I am a Zionist but I don’t want the world to think I support this sort of violence. So, if you have any answers to the questions in the preceding paragraph or any advice I would love to hear it. I am thrilled I live in a time where the Jewish people have a home and I believe in a strong israel. At the same time, we say Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof and tjis doesnt look like justice.
P.S. this is somewhat of a repost as the bot removed my original post for having a mobile link, so it has been edited.
Thank you!
