I agree. The tragedy is that human rights organizations could, I believe, have a positive role here but they have no credibility after so many years of one-sided, biased, anti-Israel condemnations.
Bless you. I mean it. I was reading along and then I noticed you mentioned you weren't Jewish and I had to check because by now I've come to the conclusion that the only people who think the Jews are actually human are other Jews. You totally nailed the situation. The barbarity of 10/7 shocked me a little but I didn't expect much from people who say their raison d'être is killing Jews. What shocked me, because I was a progressive before 10/7, is the glee with which the world in general observes Jewish suffering. It's not true they don't care. They totally care. They fricking love it. They dig deep into the tropes that Jews run the world and are the source of all evil on earth, tropes they hold tight in their heart of hearts, and that glee comes from the joy of seeing Evil Incarnate get its due. I really had no idea before 10/7 that I was Evil Incarnate. I had been told by some ex-friends that I was responsible for all evil on the face of the earth and all I could say to them was, gee I'm sorry, I had no idea. Now you show up and actually fight for us. Damn, surely you're being cancelled somewhere. No one stands up for Jews without having to pay for it. And every time I have tried to disabuse the self-righteous of their ignorance they have just shut their ears and screamed GENOCIDE GENOCIDE GENOCIDE!!! So I just want to say thank you, I know you're not the only Righteous Gentile but every time I encounter one I am so fricking grateful I could cry. You make me feel almost human.
Thank you for your kind words Shelah -- and ugh, I can only imagine what it is like for you right now. You are too right on so many fronts. There are the ones who perpetrate hatred, those who celebrate hatred and the ones who stand around and do nothing. Let's keep lighting candles in the darkness. Thank you again for your message.
The amazing thing is that this year I met a bunch of converts to Judaism. Like, they had been minding their own business, they had been perfectly safe Christians, and then suddenly when the world decides that Jews are the most hated people on earth, they say to themselves, "Hey that's for me!" I ask them, what were you thinking? and they say, with a fanatical gleam in their eyes (and this is every one of them), "I just love it." At which point I figure, hey they're in their honeymoon phase, don't ruin it for them, don't even ask them to specify what about Judaism they love, let them be happy, and truly there is much to love, but when I think that their progeny forever (if they're women) will be walking targets, I think, wow, what you've taken on!
I have repeatedly stated that I am shocked by the reaction to the Oct 7 massacres. To me, a non-Jew who has respect for the Jewish people and for Israel, the reactions have underscored an anti-semitism that was always under the surface. Talk about victim blaming. And this sudden care and love for the people who live in Gaza… when at most, the conflict that has been going on for decades only warranted a “It’s the Middle East again” and a shrug. Suddenly the group whose stated aim is the annihilation of Jews are the heroes.
The amount of hatred I've received by the "ProPal" sect members since October 7th for presenting a nuanced position about Israel has been shocking for me... even by own sister, who is capable of sympathizing with the Palestinians only, and never really with Israelis or Jews, because you know "They are not the oppressed ones"... I am not Jewish and it's been horrible. I can only imagine how Jewish people must feel in the face of this level of distortion of their story, and of demonization directed at the. I genuinely understand the nonzionist Jews who couldn't stand such pressure (I don't excuse them; they are wrong, but I see a pattern among them and they all seem to have reached that position out of unprocessed trauma).
The antisemitism I experienced personally was all before 10/7. It’s just how it is to be Jewish, and back then I was the most assimilated person you could imagine, I was completely nonobservant. It was the universal calls of “death to the Jews” clogging my social media feeds that got me off the fence, because they made it clear that having Jewish blood was a crime that could not be expiated. I hit the books to learn about the history of the Jews, of Israel, of Palestine, of Iran, Iraq, the history of Islam, and a year later I’m still researching. I needed to find out if Israel was really the demon the world said it is, whether it deserves international condemnation. I needed to find out what’s the story with the Palestinians, with Iran, all that. My research and the constant barrage of international condemnation made everything clear for me and got me off the fence. Jews who bend over backwards to appease don’t know history. It doesn’t work. So now I’m a regular member of a Conservative shul and I have a Jewish community and there really is no going back. There are many countries I don’t consider visiting because I know I would be hated and even visiting Canada I had trouble at the border. It’s just what it is to have Jewish blood. No one asks your beliefs. Your blood is your crime.
Good for you Shelah! I suspect your story has been replicated many times. Perhaps even by a few As A Jews who thought that siding against their own people would buy them time and now find it will not.
"And since most of my erstwhile friends on the left don’t seem moved to do so — since some of them actually celebrate October 7 and call for more attempted genocide while chanting “End the genocide” — well, I guess it puts a burden on me to speak up and let people know that there is at least one gay, leftwing, non-Jewish activist who can still tell right from wrong, FFS."
These loathsome cretins are divided into two camps, the profoundly ignorant and the genuinely evil. I used to place AOC in the former. With this comment she moves into the latter along with her fellow Jew haters in the "Squad."
Amen and thank you. Those who support, defend, enable, apologize for, and/or finance rape, torture, mass murder, burning families alive, kidnapping, and terrorism, are disqualified from making any kind of ‘moral’ judgment or defense of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Houthis, Hezbollah, and Iran. Not to mention the end game of a “free” Palestine, which is zero freedom, sharia, sexism, homophobia, honor killings, blasphemy laws, an Iran like theocracy, and violence and war until the ‘honor of the caliphate’ is restored—at the expense of all non-believers. A list which has included Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, every non-Muslim under the sun, AND Muslims.
I don't care of thse ignorant protestors. I care for the Jews' freedoms, the right to defend themselves and to use any means possible. I applaud the intelligence of making the beepers explode. Israel will always be a winner and I pray for everyone in Israel and all Christians living with the demented terrorists.🤮 Bring them home❤️
Nice article and yes, you're spot on. No one gives a hoot what any of these Jew haters have to say. What's more is that the Obama Biden Harris Mideast fitting policy (appeasing and enriching Iran) has directly led to this quagmire. When Jews say never again, we damn well mean never again!
The fact that they’re outraged by the very targeted hits on leaders of Hezbollah gives up all pretext of anything but anti semitism. Pat, you’re an amazing ally. Much gratitude.
I agree. The tragedy is that human rights organizations could, I believe, have a positive role here but they have no credibility after so many years of one-sided, biased, anti-Israel condemnations.
Dear Pat,
Bless you. I mean it. I was reading along and then I noticed you mentioned you weren't Jewish and I had to check because by now I've come to the conclusion that the only people who think the Jews are actually human are other Jews. You totally nailed the situation. The barbarity of 10/7 shocked me a little but I didn't expect much from people who say their raison d'être is killing Jews. What shocked me, because I was a progressive before 10/7, is the glee with which the world in general observes Jewish suffering. It's not true they don't care. They totally care. They fricking love it. They dig deep into the tropes that Jews run the world and are the source of all evil on earth, tropes they hold tight in their heart of hearts, and that glee comes from the joy of seeing Evil Incarnate get its due. I really had no idea before 10/7 that I was Evil Incarnate. I had been told by some ex-friends that I was responsible for all evil on the face of the earth and all I could say to them was, gee I'm sorry, I had no idea. Now you show up and actually fight for us. Damn, surely you're being cancelled somewhere. No one stands up for Jews without having to pay for it. And every time I have tried to disabuse the self-righteous of their ignorance they have just shut their ears and screamed GENOCIDE GENOCIDE GENOCIDE!!! So I just want to say thank you, I know you're not the only Righteous Gentile but every time I encounter one I am so fricking grateful I could cry. You make me feel almost human.
Thank you for your kind words Shelah -- and ugh, I can only imagine what it is like for you right now. You are too right on so many fronts. There are the ones who perpetrate hatred, those who celebrate hatred and the ones who stand around and do nothing. Let's keep lighting candles in the darkness. Thank you again for your message.
The amazing thing is that this year I met a bunch of converts to Judaism. Like, they had been minding their own business, they had been perfectly safe Christians, and then suddenly when the world decides that Jews are the most hated people on earth, they say to themselves, "Hey that's for me!" I ask them, what were you thinking? and they say, with a fanatical gleam in their eyes (and this is every one of them), "I just love it." At which point I figure, hey they're in their honeymoon phase, don't ruin it for them, don't even ask them to specify what about Judaism they love, let them be happy, and truly there is much to love, but when I think that their progeny forever (if they're women) will be walking targets, I think, wow, what you've taken on!
I have repeatedly stated that I am shocked by the reaction to the Oct 7 massacres. To me, a non-Jew who has respect for the Jewish people and for Israel, the reactions have underscored an anti-semitism that was always under the surface. Talk about victim blaming. And this sudden care and love for the people who live in Gaza… when at most, the conflict that has been going on for decades only warranted a “It’s the Middle East again” and a shrug. Suddenly the group whose stated aim is the annihilation of Jews are the heroes.
Sore me.
Never again means never again.
🙏🏼
Me too. I also used to be a progressive. I stand with Israel. Am Yisrael Chai!
We didn't leave the progressives. They left us.
The amount of hatred I've received by the "ProPal" sect members since October 7th for presenting a nuanced position about Israel has been shocking for me... even by own sister, who is capable of sympathizing with the Palestinians only, and never really with Israelis or Jews, because you know "They are not the oppressed ones"... I am not Jewish and it's been horrible. I can only imagine how Jewish people must feel in the face of this level of distortion of their story, and of demonization directed at the. I genuinely understand the nonzionist Jews who couldn't stand such pressure (I don't excuse them; they are wrong, but I see a pattern among them and they all seem to have reached that position out of unprocessed trauma).
The antisemitism I experienced personally was all before 10/7. It’s just how it is to be Jewish, and back then I was the most assimilated person you could imagine, I was completely nonobservant. It was the universal calls of “death to the Jews” clogging my social media feeds that got me off the fence, because they made it clear that having Jewish blood was a crime that could not be expiated. I hit the books to learn about the history of the Jews, of Israel, of Palestine, of Iran, Iraq, the history of Islam, and a year later I’m still researching. I needed to find out if Israel was really the demon the world said it is, whether it deserves international condemnation. I needed to find out what’s the story with the Palestinians, with Iran, all that. My research and the constant barrage of international condemnation made everything clear for me and got me off the fence. Jews who bend over backwards to appease don’t know history. It doesn’t work. So now I’m a regular member of a Conservative shul and I have a Jewish community and there really is no going back. There are many countries I don’t consider visiting because I know I would be hated and even visiting Canada I had trouble at the border. It’s just what it is to have Jewish blood. No one asks your beliefs. Your blood is your crime.
Good for you Shelah! I suspect your story has been replicated many times. Perhaps even by a few As A Jews who thought that siding against their own people would buy them time and now find it will not.
"And since most of my erstwhile friends on the left don’t seem moved to do so — since some of them actually celebrate October 7 and call for more attempted genocide while chanting “End the genocide” — well, I guess it puts a burden on me to speak up and let people know that there is at least one gay, leftwing, non-Jewish activist who can still tell right from wrong, FFS."
I am grateful to you, Pat, for speaking up.
A great article. From another non-Jewish Zionist. 🤍
Pat - wonderful as always. The reason the useful idiot protesters run away is very simple: They implode when facts ruin their biased narrative.
These loathsome cretins are divided into two camps, the profoundly ignorant and the genuinely evil. I used to place AOC in the former. With this comment she moves into the latter along with her fellow Jew haters in the "Squad."
Sometimes I don't know what I would do without your work.
Wow. Thank you.
That makes two of us, Pat you should know your work is a valuable source and makes a huge difference
Amen and thank you. Those who support, defend, enable, apologize for, and/or finance rape, torture, mass murder, burning families alive, kidnapping, and terrorism, are disqualified from making any kind of ‘moral’ judgment or defense of Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Houthis, Hezbollah, and Iran. Not to mention the end game of a “free” Palestine, which is zero freedom, sharia, sexism, homophobia, honor killings, blasphemy laws, an Iran like theocracy, and violence and war until the ‘honor of the caliphate’ is restored—at the expense of all non-believers. A list which has included Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, every non-Muslim under the sun, AND Muslims.
You’re the best writer. It’s so true, no Jewish person with a spine and sense of morality should care what these backward activists say.
I don't care of thse ignorant protestors. I care for the Jews' freedoms, the right to defend themselves and to use any means possible. I applaud the intelligence of making the beepers explode. Israel will always be a winner and I pray for everyone in Israel and all Christians living with the demented terrorists.🤮 Bring them home❤️
Pat,
Nice article and yes, you're spot on. No one gives a hoot what any of these Jew haters have to say. What's more is that the Obama Biden Harris Mideast fitting policy (appeasing and enriching Iran) has directly led to this quagmire. When Jews say never again, we damn well mean never again!
Insightful and witty as usual, Pat
The fact that they’re outraged by the very targeted hits on leaders of Hezbollah gives up all pretext of anything but anti semitism. Pat, you’re an amazing ally. Much gratitude.
Thanks Abbi.
I truly wish the mainstream media would publish honest op-eds like this.
Dude, you bring it every day, and I truly appreciate/enjoy reading your work. Have a good one
Thanks Brian!
Passionate, eloquent and accurate. Well said.