Re: “We will really feel two other ways without delay concerning the Israel-Hamas conflict” [Feb. 3, Opinion]:
Anybody who needs a truce ought to do the whole lot they’ll to advocate for one. Change doesn’t occur on an island. Our definitions of liberation don’t have to be the identical for us to defend a standard trigger. If Tracy Brazg, just like the anti-Zionists she finds herself at odds with, needs to finish the indiscriminate Israeli protection killing of Palestinians funded by American tax {dollars}, then it is value getting comfy doing enterprise with individuals she could not fairly be. agree with. She will be able to be part of the broad coalition that’s taking to the streets, calling on Senator Patty Murray and talking out towards organizations just like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee which can be shopping for the silence of our representatives.
I might additionally invite Brazg to look at how her advocacy towards navy occupation of Palestinians within the West Financial institution, the siege of Gaza, and discrimination towards Palestinian residents in Israel straight contradicts the fabric actuality of Zionism. As a result of the reality is that Israel’s siege of Gaza is at present’s Zionism in motion. I might encourage Brazg to ask herself how her personal Zionism might stop her from appearing on her progressive values. In doing so, I hope she will discover the significant solidarity she seeks.
With hope for a greater future from an anti-Zionist Jew.
Sam Leeds, Seattle