We thought our readers might be interested in the Union of Reform Judaism’s statement on Gaza and the response from people aligned with the young people’s activist group “If Not Now.”
Here is the statement by URJ: https://urj.org/blog/2018/04/09/urj-president-rabbi-rick-jacobs-escalation-gazan-border-tragic-and-dangerous.
Here is the response from If Not Now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdm8oQS73YGw8bY7nSdy0smL4-4qjlIyOoD-vJ7SL06N_gDsg/viewform.
Read both statements — twice.
The URJ statement is typical of those forces that condone, excuse, abet Israel’s genocide of the indigenous Palestinian peoples by their subtle insinuation that they are the ones at fault – and not
the IDF through its evil Zionist government.
The Palestinian victims, already struggling to maintain life in a squalid hellhole totally devoid of the most basic necessities of life, are defending themselves as they stand in silent unarmed protest , facing the Israeli army and its hidden snipers – cowards who gleefully zero in on and murder innocent people. While Israel has secretly and illegally stockpiled nuclear and chemical weapons at the ready – enough to destroy the entire Middle East?
Are they to be used next, in addition to the horrors to which Israel has already subjected the Palestinians?
There is a righteous God (Yahweh). Israel, and those who are complicit in this genocide,
(including the United States) will face His judgment — in His time and in His way.
The young people representing If Not Now have taken the just moral approach and they will be blessed for it. To me, they represent the ultimate hope for Israel and for peace in the Middle East.
God’s blessing on them all.
Alice”The URJ statement is typical of those forces that condone, excuse, abet Israel’s genocide of the indigenous Palestinian peoples by their subtle insinuation that they are the ones at fault – and not
the IDF through its evil Zionist government.”
1. Alice, most of those killed were Hamas operatives. Hamas acknowledged this
2. Do you understand the definition of genocide or is just one of those words you loosely throw the term around?
Thank you for your hand wringing self righteousness