by Oui
Sat Oct 12th, 2024 at 10:45:13 AM EST
Let's make something clear from the start: Jews don't have to apologize for Israel's sins. Israelis must do that. But because I am a Jew, I cherish its traditions, and because Zionism lays claim to all Jews-I am dedicating this post to Yom Kippur. [source: Richard Silverstein]
Yom Kippur: Atoning for Genocide
On this Day of Days, Jews say several moving prayers which resonate in this Time of Suffering. The first is the Ashamnu ("We have sinned"). In this confessional prayer, the worshiper speaks not in the first person singular, but first person plural. Not "I have sinned," but "we have sinned." The congregation as a community, the Jewish people as a whole, have sinned and must repent not as an individual, but as a body. This is especially relevant in the context of the terrible sins Israel is committing on this holy day and so many others. The original is to the left and my own version addressing the Gaza genocide is to the right ...
I have written this many times over the past year: the Jewish God does not commit genocide. He does not relish the death of his creatures. He recoils at those who torture in His name. Those who commit such crimes defile His name, and forfeit the right to call themselves Jews. That is why Jews and Judaism (at least in the Diaspora) must divorce themselves from Israel and Zionism. We cannot allow ourselves to be implicated in the sins (or if you prefer, "crimes") of Zionism.
Jewish Voices for Peace and JVL in the UK
People gather in New York to protest against Israel's attacks on Gaza ahead of the first anniversary on October 7 of the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. (Photo credit: Kyodo News)
Joe Biden you can't hide ... history will place you alongside the likes of Bibi Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon, Menachem Begin ... fifty years supporting US policy of a cult of death squads, assassinations and overthrowing leaders of sovereign states in violation of the UN Charter and Humanitarian Law.
From the diaries many years past ...