I think Maya Rackoff wants to have it both ways: show her humanitarianism by stating she's "terrified and disgusted by news that emerges from Gaza every day." (That phrasing seems to sidestep the violent reality, unlike, say, "Im terrified and disgusted by the murderous bombs that fall on Gazans every day") And she's against settlements and IDF excesses. But at the same time, she opposes a ceasefire, which, in reality, is a green light for the mass murder of 1000s of civilians, 2 mos to present, along with a severe deprivation of life's essentials, including the destruction of their homes, their hospitals, schools, mosques & churches - their homeland. She prioritizes an ideal of Zionism, a land for Jews, and the idea that it might cease to exist as a Zionist state, over preventing the current actuality of the violent extinction of Gazans, natives of that land, on their already impoverished, controlled and restricted strip of land.
I'm sorry, but concerns about some incidents of stirred up antisemitism on campus or the anti Zionist movement seem to rightly recede from the spotlit consciousness of an ongoing genocide. I strongly support the CeasefireNow masses, despite a few flawed participants. I say thank god for these protesters, woke or not, anti Zionist or not, because I shudder to think of hearing "the news that emerges from Gaza every day" against a backdrop of our complicit silence.
I think Maya Rackoff wants to have it both ways: show her humanitarianism by stating she's "terrified and disgusted by news that emerges from Gaza every day." (That phrasing seems to sidestep the violent reality, unlike, say, "Im terrified and disgusted by the murderous bombs that fall on Gazans every day") And she's against settlements and IDF excesses. But at the same time, she opposes a ceasefire, which, in reality, is a green light for the mass murder of 1000s of civilians, 2 mos to present, along with a severe deprivation of life's essentials, including the destruction of their homes, their hospitals, schools, mosques & churches - their homeland. She prioritizes an ideal of Zionism, a land for Jews, and the idea that it might cease to exist as a Zionist state, over preventing the current actuality of the violent extinction of Gazans, natives of that land, on their already impoverished, controlled and restricted strip of land.
I'm sorry, but concerns about some incidents of stirred up antisemitism on campus or the anti Zionist movement seem to rightly recede from the spotlit consciousness of an ongoing genocide. I strongly support the CeasefireNow masses, despite a few flawed participants. I say thank god for these protesters, woke or not, anti Zionist or not, because I shudder to think of hearing "the news that emerges from Gaza every day" against a backdrop of our complicit silence.
I do think she’s trying to have it both ways: she should be pro Zionist and Israel and stop there.
Pro Israel and Pro Zionist, huh? I'd advise her to work on the other side of the 2.