As so much in the Middle East and here in the US seems to waver at an inflection point between peace and war, democracy and dictatorship, here are some snapshots that capture the moment.
Amazing that you included Hamas in the list of protagonists that have a voice. You lose credibility with me, however, when you claim that the CeaseFireNow crowd in not amplifying the call for a ceasefire. Did those that occupied Grand Central "require seeing Israel as a “settler-colonialist” or Nazi monolith to call for a CeaseFire Now? Really, Micah? What gives?
You're misunderstanding my point. Here we have an array of *Israeli* groups calling for a cease-fire, which has a different valence than a bunch of American groups doing so. And one of the things that has bothered me from the very first days after Oct 7 is how the American left has largely written off or ignored the Israeli left, which I am suggesting (albeit in shorthand that must have confused you) doesn't see the variations inside Israeli society because it has ideological blinders on.
Those that occupied Grand Central, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, do very much view Israel as a "Settler Colonial" project. I believe Micah is pointing to something else, a voice little heard, and much needed in the US discourse, that of those who seek to support both Israel, and Palestinians, and take it's lead from the bilateral Jewish-Palestinian organizations coming from Israel, like Standing Together, Women Wage Peace, and others.
Amazing that you included Hamas in the list of protagonists that have a voice. You lose credibility with me, however, when you claim that the CeaseFireNow crowd in not amplifying the call for a ceasefire. Did those that occupied Grand Central "require seeing Israel as a “settler-colonialist” or Nazi monolith to call for a CeaseFire Now? Really, Micah? What gives?
You're misunderstanding my point. Here we have an array of *Israeli* groups calling for a cease-fire, which has a different valence than a bunch of American groups doing so. And one of the things that has bothered me from the very first days after Oct 7 is how the American left has largely written off or ignored the Israeli left, which I am suggesting (albeit in shorthand that must have confused you) doesn't see the variations inside Israeli society because it has ideological blinders on.
Those that occupied Grand Central, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, do very much view Israel as a "Settler Colonial" project. I believe Micah is pointing to something else, a voice little heard, and much needed in the US discourse, that of those who seek to support both Israel, and Palestinians, and take it's lead from the bilateral Jewish-Palestinian organizations coming from Israel, like Standing Together, Women Wage Peace, and others.