I Am a Zionist. I Oppose the War in Gaza.
Iām sure Iām not alone
On the first anniversary of the Black Sabbath, I wrote about the strengths and weaknesses that we all confronted over the last year. One of the things I vowed to do better is to express my own Judaism more unapologetically, including with my own fellow Zionists. I have had this article in draft status for awhile, and I really debated hitting the āpostā button on it. But I know that I am not alone in my thoughts below. So here goesā¦
The Israeli-Hamas War is now the longest open war that Israel has fought in my lifetime. From my experience as a western observer, the cycle normally goes as follows: a group of terrorists makes an offensive move on Israel ā Israel declares war ā the world condemns Israel every day theyāre at war ā the war ends in a few months ā the western news media moves on, and the general public forgets about Israel/Palestine until the next war starts, thus beginning the cycle all over again.
When this particular war broke out, I knew to expect a repeat of the cycle above. But because of a variety of factors, the length of it being one of them, itās become truly next-level. For the first few weeks after October 7th, I told myself, Israelās wars always end in a few months. They would never fight a war longer than necessary. That was obviously just my brain attempting toā¦
