You said it all. Why not boycott ALL the countries doing bad things? Why just this one? And, while they're at it, why not boycott anything made in the US? After all, given the land acknowledgement, they must know what we Americans did to natives, and what we are still doing to them, right? Add to that what our current government is doing to immigrants, and others, and I can't see how we can justify buying US-made goods! What a bunch of hypocrites (and, while I think most are jumping on a bandwagon of the cause de jure, at least a few must be antisemitic, whether they acknowledge it or not).
Oh, I know. Nobody stirs a hair that Morocco has occupied West Sahara for about fifty years, or that Turkey has occupied Northern Cyprus for longer than that. I wonder what's different about Israel? I cannot *imagine*.
A great albeit sobering piece, Lisa. It has taken my breath away since 10/7 to see this singular obsessive fixation on Israel on the left as though it's the source of all the evil in the world, when, as you say, other governments are doing despicable things to people, and we don't hear a peep. And yet, there's a turbo-cancerous anti-Semitic rot rising on the political right, too, that I find every bit as repellent, if not more so. What unnerving days.
It's spectacularly annoying to converse with people who are dumber than dirt but whose self-ID is wrapped up so intensely with a notion of their intellectual superiority. True on both the Israel-Palestine issue and on the trans of course: the most misinformed and incurious are all passionate intensity.
Next time they do a land acknowledgement, maybe ask them what Arab Palestinians would say at their land acknowledgements when they start a meeting: "This land belonged to the Jews until the 700's when our Arab/Muslim ancestors conquered and colonized this region."
I hate this co-op on your behalf. Are you leaving it? I hope so. How could it possibly be worth it? I'm guessing that a disproportionate number of co-op members are themselves Jewish, virtue-signaling pathetically.
I've read that the Bamba that is sold in the USA is not manufactured in Israel, but rather manufactured in the USA under license from Osem, the corporation which produces Bamba in Israell. Trader Joe's sells Bamba in the USA and has also been under pressure to not sell any Israeli products.
You said it all. Why not boycott ALL the countries doing bad things? Why just this one? And, while they're at it, why not boycott anything made in the US? After all, given the land acknowledgement, they must know what we Americans did to natives, and what we are still doing to them, right? Add to that what our current government is doing to immigrants, and others, and I can't see how we can justify buying US-made goods! What a bunch of hypocrites (and, while I think most are jumping on a bandwagon of the cause de jure, at least a few must be antisemitic, whether they acknowledge it or not).
Oh, I know. Nobody stirs a hair that Morocco has occupied West Sahara for about fifty years, or that Turkey has occupied Northern Cyprus for longer than that. I wonder what's different about Israel? I cannot *imagine*.
Such a mystery, what could possibly explain it...
They might sound similar, but you mean "cause du jour", not "cause de jure", but that in no way detracts from your point!
A great albeit sobering piece, Lisa. It has taken my breath away since 10/7 to see this singular obsessive fixation on Israel on the left as though it's the source of all the evil in the world, when, as you say, other governments are doing despicable things to people, and we don't hear a peep. And yet, there's a turbo-cancerous anti-Semitic rot rising on the political right, too, that I find every bit as repellent, if not more so. What unnerving days.
It's spectacularly annoying to converse with people who are dumber than dirt but whose self-ID is wrapped up so intensely with a notion of their intellectual superiority. True on both the Israel-Palestine issue and on the trans of course: the most misinformed and incurious are all passionate intensity.
yep. The social dynamics around this are uncannily similar. Any attempt at nuance is shut down IMMEDIATELY.
jokes on them, epipens come from pfizer.
Please be sure to ask them how that boycott is going!!!
Next time they do a land acknowledgement, maybe ask them what Arab Palestinians would say at their land acknowledgements when they start a meeting: "This land belonged to the Jews until the 700's when our Arab/Muslim ancestors conquered and colonized this region."
I swear, the smaller the stakes, the bigger the drama. There are probably sessions of Congress that are less emotional than that meeting.
I hate this co-op on your behalf. Are you leaving it? I hope so. How could it possibly be worth it? I'm guessing that a disproportionate number of co-op members are themselves Jewish, virtue-signaling pathetically.
I've read that the Bamba that is sold in the USA is not manufactured in Israel, but rather manufactured in the USA under license from Osem, the corporation which produces Bamba in Israell. Trader Joe's sells Bamba in the USA and has also been under pressure to not sell any Israeli products.
Thank you for this reporting. You have officially depressed me.