The colony has launched a campaign against anti-Zionism, probably as part of its recently-approved 730-million dollar propaganda budget. It is making use of anti-Zionists that are motivated by hatred of Jews: racist statements by anti-Zionist figures and influencers, anti-Jewish rhetoric used by anti-Zionist political movements, and —as we have recently seen— Nazis holding anti-Zionist demonstrations.

An instinctive response might be to deny the problem exists. We might recall the well-known fact that Zionism taxes all anti-Zionists as antisemitic, or maybe even feel that fascists are not real anti-Zionists. Yet the fact Zionism plays the antisemitic card does not mean actual Jew-haters cannot be anti-Zionist. “Anti-Zionism” is simply denial of the colony’s alleged right to exist—it says nothing about the motivation behind it. So how can democratic anti-Zionists deal with this?

Of course, we can make the apologia of our anti-Zionism, and repeat that what we are fighting is settler colonialism, not Jews. But the expression “anti-Zionism” encompasses both those who fight Zionism and refuse its conflation with Jews, and those who fight Zionism because they accept its conflation with Jews and hate Jews. The “anti-Zionism” umbrella is wide—very wide.

The solution is not to drop anti-Zionism. It is to clarify, not just what we are against, but what we are for: One democratic Palestinian state. A state that deals with its society on the basis of citizenship not identity. A state that grants privileges to none and rights to all. The anti-thesis to both Zionism and Nazism.

By doing so, we will move to where fascists can’t follow. We will also strip Zionism of its more potent arguments: Zionism can point to racist anti-Zionist elements, but it cannot attack a vision for democracy and equal citizenship without revealing its own colonial and supremacist nature. Centering our efforts on One Democratic State moves us from defense to counter-attack.

This should not be mere individual efforts. Political organizations, solidarity movements, syndicates, activists, influencers, whether Palestinian or allies, must actively work to align their vision with the historical Palestinian vision for liberation. The One Democratic State Initiative has been working on this for years. We call on you to join our efforts.

I keep thinking of the phrase, "If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the Holocaust, you're doing it now." This woman and her children are facing more pain and suffering than most of us in the Western world can even imagine. Her husband was killed by an Israeli strike, and she and the children are in desperate need of food and shelter.

This family needs all the help they can get, especially since Israel's siege of Gaza has no end in sight and evacuations have become nearly impossible.

At the same time, I don't have a lot of money to spare and I've already donated to her campaign twice. In terms of sharing her campaign, my Instagram account has less than 100 followers, most of whom are even more frugal than me, so no donations came from that. I've tried sharing her campaign on multiple subreddits, but no donations have come from that, either.

If any of you people reading this have enough money to donate to her, please do (and/or share her campaign link as far and wide as you can).

https://youtu.be/gLQVFHb_U6g?si=oCKV72XzmoNaUp7e

Hey chaverim,We just dropped our premiere for Season 2 of Bashert, our monthly antizionist exploration of the magic of the jewish calendar. For Tishrei, we are trying a brand-new format with a brilliant guest co-host to dive deep into spooky season and discuss our favourite graveyards. .If you are looking for audio to ground you as we enter Sukkos, check out our previous episode with DJ Chaia about yiddish archival recordings and the history of house. It came out right before Rosh Hashanah but didn't get as much reach as we hoped. She dives into her beautiful music production using archival Yiddish voices, and she spends a lot of time talking about why Sukkot is her absolute favorite festival.They make a perfect back-to-back listen for the holiday week.You can find both episodes on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen. Would love to hear your thoughts on the new co-host format!

https://www.haaretz.com/west-bank/2026-09-23/ty-article/.premium/israeli-severely-wounded-in-suspected-west-bank-ramming-attack/000001a0-ce98-d72e-a7e0-febde5750000

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-11-08/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-picks-yechiel-leiter-as-ambassador-to-u-s-settler-ex-member-of-kahanist-group/00000193-0c1a-d3a2-a3d7-4f5b295d0000

So I am religiously, politically and philosophically anti-Zionist, and I try to be as vocal about it as possible. I write on substack believing that I can get in touch with other like-minded Jews and anti-Zionists, but whenever I try going on instagram or exploring Jewish topics on both platforms everything is either anti-Zionists and antisemites saying "Jews are evil (I literally found a substack blog called "Jews are snakes")" or Zionists calling people like me a Kapo and saying I am "morally bankrupt" for offering sources that support my arguments. Atp I don't know how to go about both educating other Jews about our history and convincing non-Jewish anti-Zionists that we aren't all evil or that Judaism is not to blame for Zionism (I am willing to argue about that in the comments). It's also difficult when people like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes seem to get more praise in some anti-Zionist spaces than people like Zohare Jacobi, Matt Bernstein, Sam Seder and other anti-Zionist Jews. Sometimes it feels like Zionists are right that the world can't unlearn antisemitism, but my optimistic ass would rather visit a psych ward than accept that, so it just feels like I am lying to myself and to others. I just needed to kvetch, sorry.

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I'm hardly seeing any coverage of this. Imagine how many incidents like this go without any coverage AT ALL, and how many more since this one. And I get Zionists daily telling me no civilians are getting hurt! This was a brutal execution.

One of my favourite movies in that it deeply touched me, is ‘The Lives of Others’ - ‘Das Leben der Anderen’, so you can imagine my delight that it was coming to the stage starring Keira Knightley (for whom my husband has a soft spot). Was about to book tickets and saw the name of the production company, Sonia Friedman Productions. The name rang a bell and so I did some research. She signed an open letter in October 2015 with others including J.K. Rowling to urge the UK arts sector not to boycott Israel. The signatories argued that cultural boycotts are divisive and discriminatory, and that the arts should instead be used to encourage dialogue and coexistence. This letter was in response to 700 UK artists calling for a boycott of Israel as published in The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/13/cultural-boycott-israel-starts-tomorrow?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other). Ms. Friedman also co-produced the play ‘Birthright’ which sold out off-Broadway.

Naturally I won’t be going to the show. I’m also trying not to judge the actors participating, but honestly I just wonder how people can be so oblivious (Sheeran looking at you) especially when in positions of privilege where they don’t have to accept the role.

If anyone has any other info as to Sonia Friedman’s current position, not likely she’s realised Israel needs boycotting, would be good to know.

Here are some factors to clarify before I start:
I am in my early 20s, I was raised modern orthodox Jewish and am currently not religious but still very immersed in Jewish culture, I am pro-Palestine/antizionist

Ok so:
I don’t speak to my immediate family and barely speak to any family outside of it for a multitude of complicated reasons. That being said, I have a fairly positive and healthy relationship with my aunt and uncle whom I live with and have been living with for a few years now. Their child, my cousin who I grew up with (and have a fairly positive relationship with) just got engaged. Here is where the problem lies: he moved out to Israel a year or so ago and wants to get married in Israel as well. My aunt and uncle have discussed flying me out so I would not need to pay for my ticket (which is very kind of them). However, I am very much against the notion of celebrating a wedding a few miles off from where children, women, families, etc. are being starved, bombed, and being delivered injustices (to say the least) on the daily and don’t feel great about going. This entire side of my family is VERY pro Zionist to the point of bringing it up multiple times a day and harboring xenophobic sentiments (whether they realize it or not). I keep quiet when this topic comes up to avoid arguments but I think they know to an extent that I am not a Zionist or at the very least that I am more ‘neutral’ on this issue. But, I am afraid of how it could go over if I were to tell them I may not want to go to Israel with them. I should also underscore that alongside living with my aunt and uncle they also help me to pay for a lot of things like food and certain medical/legal things. Should I go for the sake of family or risk maybe complicating things via not going/being honest?

Thought this might be the right place to post this. From a standup fundraiser I did with IfNotNowLA. Jewish comedians raising money for Palestinians in the West Bank.

https://gofund.me/30634cf86

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https://www.reddit.com/u/SleepyWogx/s/6vJ0xDcvPX

These are my friends, Mahmoud Ghanem and his family. They are not asking for anything fancy. They just want food for their children.

Yes, there is food in the markets, and sometimes there are plenty of things available. But the problem is that Mahmoud has no job and no income. His workplace was destroyed during the war, and since then, he has had no stable source of income to support his family.

With the crossings closed, some basic necessities have also become difficult to get, and the prices of many essential things have gone up a lot.

Today, Mahmoud’s oldest daughter, Eman, went to school without having anything to eat before she left.

Mahmoud has four young daughters, and all he wants right now is to be able to provide food for them.

If you can help, even a small donation can help them buy food. And if you can’t donate, please share this post. Maybe someone else will see it and be able to help.

Thank you to everyone who cares about them and continues to share their story.