Many in solidarity with Palestinians are rightly sceptical of the demonstrations in Israel.
Meron Rapoport agrees that
«on the whole, opposition to the continuation of the war does not stem from moral concerns: there was no mention whatsoever of Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza, nor was there a call for reconciliation or peace with the Palestinians. Rather, the protesters are preoccupied first and foremost with their fellow citizens held in Gaza»
and that
«the “Deal Now” camp has no alternative vision, one where Israel could manage its relations with the Palestinians in any way other than violent confrontation.».
However, even if the mass of demonstrators are not real allies,
«Consciously or not, the hundreds of thousands who flooded the streets were an antidote to the poisonous security discourse that has been injected into Israeli society for the past 11 months. They don’t buy the talk of a “total victory” over Hamas, nor do they buy the claim — marketed as an iron truth by politicians and journalists of all inclinations — that “only military pressure will free the hostages.” …
Most importantly, they do not believe that the cessation of the war, at least at this stage, is a threat to their existence, contrary to what Netanyahu and his spokespeople have been claiming since the first days of the fighting. Quite the opposite: they perceive the continuation of the war as a direct threat to the lives of the hostages and, to a certain extent, their own. This is the subversive meaning of the call for a “Deal Now,” even if not everyone who voiced it understood its implication.»
https://www.972mag.com/israeli-hostage-protests-ceasefire/
palestine group (npub1zxn…0kqm) #Gaza
Bilal Barakat 🍉 /
npub1hh…f0cqv
2024-09-08 20:52:11
Author Public Key
npub1hh80n2qhk7ylkcg58s0sy8plnrzzyvkq4fseys98crpp6rzmg4ysxf0cqvPublished at
2024-09-08 20:52:11Event JSON
{
"id": "13c2129d41cbb3217079abf7653b9ac547af61b1508d95401b0962f8e77137a3",
"pubkey": "bdcef9a817b789fb61143c1f021c3f98c42232c0aa619240a7c0c21d0c5b4549",
"created_at": 1725828731,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"11a6cf2d48b83fb76acb1a4e08ce8b45dced0193eb32264ad91105e46495211c"
],
[
"t",
"gaza"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://kolektiva.social/@bifouba/113103911766865642",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://kolektiva.social/users/bifouba/statuses/113103911766865642",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://kolektiva.social/users/bifouba/statuses/113103911766865642",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Many in solidarity with Palestinians are rightly sceptical of the demonstrations in Israel. \n\nMeron Rapoport agrees that \n«on the whole, opposition to the continuation of the war does not stem from moral concerns: there was no mention whatsoever of Israel’s genocidal actions in Gaza, nor was there a call for reconciliation or peace with the Palestinians. Rather, the protesters are preoccupied first and foremost with their fellow citizens held in Gaza»\nand that\n«the “Deal Now” camp has no alternative vision, one where Israel could manage its relations with the Palestinians in any way other than violent confrontation.».\n\nHowever, even if the mass of demonstrators are not real allies, \n«Consciously or not, the hundreds of thousands who flooded the streets were an antidote to the poisonous security discourse that has been injected into Israeli society for the past 11 months. They don’t buy the talk of a “total victory” over Hamas, nor do they buy the claim — marketed as an iron truth by politicians and journalists of all inclinations — that “only military pressure will free the hostages.” …\nMost importantly, they do not believe that the cessation of the war, at least at this stage, is a threat to their existence, contrary to what Netanyahu and his spokespeople have been claiming since the first days of the fighting. Quite the opposite: they perceive the continuation of the war as a direct threat to the lives of the hostages and, to a certain extent, their own. This is the subversive meaning of the call for a “Deal Now,” even if not everyone who voiced it understood its implication.»\n\nhttps://www.972mag.com/israeli-hostage-protests-ceasefire/\n\nnostr:npub1zxnv7t2ghqlmw6ktrf8q3n5tghww6qvnavezvjkezyz7gey4yywqpm0kqm #Gaza",
"sig": "ca93f88755b3cd3ad00c253f9b6e17c1a12d0d97cef2794d8346807a1566b94a219792d4a0b10c866a2b17816213a92e2b08aa706e4d19c51a28b193bbb0683c"
}