Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Dovid Weiss calls for the "speedy dismantlement of the State of Israel" as it is contrary to God's Law and certain to end in a great catastrophe.
The Rabbi says that "believing" Jews (Orthodox) are overwhelmingly anti-Zionist. Take the bridge across the river in New York to the Orthodox communities, and they are anti-Zionist. Find the Orthodox in Australia, or even Iran, and they are anti-Zionist. Only in the western mind are Zionists the majority of believing Jews.
But you may well ask, since I am an athiest leftist, why do I not simply dismiss all this "believing" as lunacy?
Because the Rabbi's beliefs translate directly to my concepts of goodness, justice, and sustainability. I believe the Rabbi is correct, and his understanding of Judaism translates into something universal for me. Wise religious leaders can sometimes reach the universal, and I believe he is doing so here.
Just as the Rabbi says, the State of Israel is unjust, and will likely end in a great catastrophe.
It behooves all people concerned with justice and sustainability to call for the speedy dismantlement of the ethno-supremacist State of Israel and it's replacement with a non-secular "Palestinian" state recognizing all Palestinians including descendants of Palestinians displaced in the 20th century as full citizens.
I'm fine with Jews presently living in Israel being full citizens of the renewed Palestinian state also, if they choose to be, with the same rights as others, though this is an allowance rather than a requirement of justice. By the same sort of allowance I live in USA.
Justice also demands the full restoration of the properties of displaced Palestinians.
We would agree that the renewed state should be called "Palestine." I've long debated that, but now it seems for the best.
This is what is necessary to prevent the catastrophe of ethno-supremacist implosion, which is virtually certain otherwise.
The world still has many other looming catastrophes to deal with as well.
The Rabbi says that "believing" Jews (Orthodox) are overwhelmingly anti-Zionist. Take the bridge across the river in New York to the Orthodox communities, and they are anti-Zionist. Find the Orthodox in Australia, or even Iran, and they are anti-Zionist. Only in the western mind are Zionists the majority of believing Jews.
But you may well ask, since I am an athiest leftist, why do I not simply dismiss all this "believing" as lunacy?
Because the Rabbi's beliefs translate directly to my concepts of goodness, justice, and sustainability. I believe the Rabbi is correct, and his understanding of Judaism translates into something universal for me. Wise religious leaders can sometimes reach the universal, and I believe he is doing so here.
Just as the Rabbi says, the State of Israel is unjust, and will likely end in a great catastrophe.
It behooves all people concerned with justice and sustainability to call for the speedy dismantlement of the ethno-supremacist State of Israel and it's replacement with a non-secular "Palestinian" state recognizing all Palestinians including descendants of Palestinians displaced in the 20th century as full citizens.
I'm fine with Jews presently living in Israel being full citizens of the renewed Palestinian state also, if they choose to be, with the same rights as others, though this is an allowance rather than a requirement of justice. By the same sort of allowance I live in USA.
Justice also demands the full restoration of the properties of displaced Palestinians.
We would agree that the renewed state should be called "Palestine." I've long debated that, but now it seems for the best.
This is what is necessary to prevent the catastrophe of ethno-supremacist implosion, which is virtually certain otherwise.
The world still has many other looming catastrophes to deal with as well.
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