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#Palestine / Emotional politics and the silencing of dissent in post-October 7th Israel

Great read by Amalia Sa’ar on the surge of emotional discourse in #Israel following the October 7, 2023 attacks, which is primarily framed around the concept of national trauma, and has permeated Israeli political discussions. Sa’ar argues that this emotionalization of the political is a sophisticated mechanism for silencing criticism and maintaining the status quo, further entrenched by the integration of national security concerns within familial and community relationships.

What Sa’ar is calling "emotionalization of the political" silences critical analysis of Israel's military actions and the Israeli-Palestinian “conflict”. [*] While public protests against the government and calls for investigations exist, critiques of the occupation, the siege of Gaza, and the excessive violence of the Israeli Defense Forces are marginalized or condemned as treasonous.

The prevalence of "national trauma" discourse, fueled by the October 7th attacks and historical narratives linking Jewish suffering to #Zionism, is argued to serve as a tool for silencing dissent. This framing of Israel as perpetually vulnerable, post-traumatic, and thus beyond reproach, prevents objective assessment of Israel's role in the conflict and its disproportionate power.

Furthermore, this emotional discourse creates a climate of self-censorship and even explicit repression, particularly for Palestinian citizens of Israel who face repercussions for expressing solidarity with Gazans.

Hebrew hazmanhazeh.org.il/emotion_pol

[*] The characterization of the Israeli occupation of Palestine as a mere "conflict" is a misnomer; it obscures the inherent asymmetry of the situation. There are not two equal sides, and to conflate the Arab world's involvement with the plight of the occupied Palestinian population under Israeli occupation is misleading. Supported and financed by the U.S., Israel acts with impunity, disregarding international law and norms.

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הזמן הזה · הצפה רגשית של הפוליטי // עמליה סער • הזמן הזהשבעה באוקטובר ממוסגר בשיח הציבורי היהודי בישראל כקו פרשת מים טראומטי שהתגובה הלגיטימית היחידה כלפיו, בארץ ומחוצה לה, היא הכרה חוזרת ונשנית בקורבנות הישראלים. אך החיבור בין הפרדיגמה הטראומטית למישור הפוליטי, ובין הטראומה האישית להתנהלות המדינית והצבאית הלאומית, משבש את היכולת לקיים דיון פוליטי ביקורתי וענייני על מדיניות הממשלה והצבא ביחס למלחמה, כמו גם ביחס לסכסוך הישראלי־פלסטיני

Powerful and moving. A *must read*!

“Letter to Refaat Alareer”

by Chris Hedges on Substack

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“A year ago on Dec. 6, 2023 Israel murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer in Gaza. His poems, however, remain, condemning his killers and beseeching us to honor our shared humanity”

open.substack.com/pub/chrished

The Chris Hedges Report · Letter to Refaat AlareerBy Chris Hedges

"The beautiful thing about the truth is that it’s easy”

The Makdisi brothers in a great conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates on his latest book, Palestine, apartheid, Nate Turner, and much more.

youtube.com/watch?v=lpKq9Y2lNv

#ta_nehisi_coates #resistance #palestine #Israel #apartheid #MakdisiStreet #TheMessage #JimCrow #SettlerColonialism #Zionism @israel @palestine

To treat one form of discrimination as something special is itself a form of discrimination. Is it time to eschew exclusionary terms, such as "antisemitism"?

"Dutton’s attitude, and those of his rabidly pro-Israeli charges, is not shared regarding attacks on Muslim communities. Their safety is clearly of lesser concern, their victimhood – much evidenced by the sniffy indifference shown to the fate of Palestinians – unremarkable."
johnmenadue.com/the-melbourne-
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Pearls and Irritations · The Melbourne synagogue fire: Antisemitism, political meddling and exceptional victimhood - Pearls and IrritationsIn his ongoing campaign to pad and shield criticism of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely misses a beat to attack critics.

My take:
- someone has swallowed the Zionist line that Zionism and Israel are inspirable from Judaism and thus blames all Jews for Israel's genocide;
or
- Zionists are fishing for sympathy, to maximise the value of using Jews as human shields.
Either way, Zionists are responsible.

smh.com.au/politics/federal/ne
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@flawed Ousman Noor, a Human Rights & Refugee Barrister: "This is an in-depth video presentation of how #Zionism is a continuation of Nazi ideology, and the Palestinians are the final victims of the Holocaust."
inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=QQxk2Rl

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Finally got around to downloading the #boycat app, which I hope to use regularly when out and about:
play.google.com/store/apps/det

Now that Kamala has chosen to give the #US to Trump rather than piss off #Israel, I think I'll put all of my activism efforts towards #BDS. For the Dems, as for the GQP, it's all about the $.

#FreePalestine @israel @palestine #gaza #aipac #usa #palestine #fediantisemitism #dnc #zionism

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In the 14 months since the Israeli military launched its invasion of #Gaza, videos and photographs have repeatedly shown its forces demolishing entire buildings, including homes and schools, as well as looting and torching them. Other visuals have Israeli soldiers posing next to dead bodies and calling for the extermination and expulsion of #Palestinians.
#Israeli soldiers have posted thousands of photos and videos from the battlefield, recording their actions in the war and broadcasting them on social media. Though the #IDF-IOF have ordered troops not to film and post “revenge” videos, they have continued to appear online throughout the #war.
...a 26-year-old military medic who was deployed to #KhanYounis for two months in December, said he had encountered soldiers who were driven by a sense of religious fanaticism or the desire for retribution.
Those motivations “told them they had to ruin Gaza, they had to create damage,” he said.
#IsraelWarCrimes #warcrimes #IsraelTerroristState #zionazis #zionism #news #massDestruction #HumanCatastrophy #Gazagenocide #genocide # #ZionismIsNazism @palestine @israel

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@martinvermeer @EdwardCam285 I agree it’s opportunistic, if I understand correctly the argument. But it’s also important to remember that genocidal speech in Israel is not new to the mainstream (it was part of #Zionism but obscure and timid). The idea of ethnic cleansing to finish the job Ben Gurion started was already part of the discourse, and in fact partially “rationalized” by Haaretz, which platformer Benny Morris uncritically when he suggested to drop an atom bomb on Iran. Morris is not a strategist nor an expert on warfare or even international diplomacy, but was able to inject and give legitimacy to this demented world unchallenged. Every other criminal idea since the started “making sense” I guess.

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"... since Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Palestinian identity, if publicly expressed, is being treated as a threat by the NSW Education Department."
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"It should be unthinkable to ask a Jewish student to remove their kippah at a graduation, so why is anti-Palestinian discrimination acceptable?"
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"The Education Department document on “conflict in the Middle East” has been quietly updated recently to remove the word “neutral” ..."

"It is possible that the keffiyeh makes supporters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza uncomfortable, but schools shouldn’t pander to that. Schools displaying the Aboriginal flag, or giving an acknowledgement of country may make some racists uncomfortable, but schools don’t buckle to racism in those cases."
johnmenadue.com/anti-palestini
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Pearls and Irritations · Anti-Palestinian discrimination in NSW public schools - Pearls and Irritationssince Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Palestinian identity, if publicly expressed, is being treated as a threat by the NSW Education Department.