Yeah so European Ashkenazi Israeli's dominate politics and the economy in Israel and systematically racialize and discriminate against African and Middle Eastern Jews of Magrehbi, Middle Eastern, Yemeni, Beta Israel, and Sephardic heritage. The degree of discrimination has varied over time but intra-Jewish racism has been a fact of Israeli life since the declaration of the state. Zionism is fundamentally a European settler-colonial fascist ideology, a european or white supremacist ideology, and that continues to be reflected in the racialization of brown Jewish people in Israel.
Recognizing and learning about this history of intra-Jewish racism and discrimination is important because it directly strikes against Zionism's claim that Israel is a Jewish that that represents all Jewish people and is the only authentic voice of Jewish people. In reality Israel is not monolithic.
Yeah, I heard just the other day about Israeli physicians injecting Beta Israel (i.e. Ethiopian) Jews with medroxyprogesterone acetate, a long-term contraceptive, without their informed consent. It reminds me of what the Danish government did in Greenland in the '60s and '70s, giving thousands of Inuit IUDs without their consent.
That's what broke me out of the idea that there was anything good or justifiable about Israel. If Israelis were willing to do eugenics to Jewish people then all the bullshit about it being a Jewish state and a safe place for Jewish people was lies. I literally thought "This is Nazi shit" and that shattered the spell.
there's a concerted effort from the right wing to emphasize whiteness and violated white womanhood on israel's behalf---not anything coming from the left lmao
Why does the Israeli woman have a giant schnooze and no chin while the Palestinian has a petite nose and sharp jaw? Also, why are they both necessarily in military outfits?
Like, fuck Matt Chappedass but also who drew this and why are they trying to make a brutal civil war and genocide look horny?
Maybe the "campus leftists" think that because Israel keeps it's whitest most feminine soldiers at the forefront of their PR campaign while actively trying to racialize Palestinians