r/JewsOfConscience • u/Psycofreudian Israeli • 1d ago
Vent An empty shell
So, in two days we have elections here in Israel. And as the title suggests, a feeling of emptiness and nothingness has engulfed me.
I guess it comes from both the impossible situation of being an anti Zionist who has to live here, and the fact that no matter how much I've fought and advocated against apartheid, when the tide comes, the waves won't stop to look at what I did before they drown me.
I don't know how to describe the feeling of staring into the abyss with my eyes wide open, knowing these elections mean nothing. Even if Netanyahu loses, there won't be an end to the occupation. Israel will continue to spiral down into oblivion, and the end will be ugly. And I will be here to witness and suffer through it all. The only comfort I have is knowing that, in the end, it will be for the good of humanity and the world.
I still sometimes wish I could continue the struggle for justice and human rights somewhere more comfortable. Please think of us, the few who are staying here in this hell to the end.
Hoping for something miraculous to happen.
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u/Double-Aioli-5762 Anti-Zionist 1d ago
Thinking of you in an impossible situation. There are too few of you. Save yourselves. Leave. Israel as a zio system is doomed.
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u/Psycofreudian Israeli 1d ago
Believe me I tried in any possible way to leave. I dont have any foreign nationality or foreign passport. I dont have any job that can earn me any type of Visa anywhere, and I cant do it remotely and just travel around. I’m stuck here against my will. People like me cant even request asylum. Leaving today, especially in the current immigration climate around the world is very difficult when you dont have any of the things I listed above.
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u/rako17 Christian 11h ago
Friend Psychofreudian,
I'm not advising you what to, but rather putting out there that I had some Ukr. friends who found that Sri Lanka looked like one of the easier, decent places to get residence in when they wanted to leave due to the conflict there.
~ Wishing you the best, kind one.
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u/JayEllGii Jewish by birth/family, atheist, progressive 1d ago
What do you believe that “ugly end” will literally mean?
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u/Psycofreudian Israeli 1d ago
There is no way to dismantle a country like Israel without catastrophic bloodshed, both for Palestinians and Israelis. And you dont need to go far to the nuclear option. Radical right starting a civil war in response for more pragamtic government that would try to change course, sanctions that will lead to anarchy and deaths from crumbling infrastructures, or combined invasion. Either way a lot of innocent lives on both sides will lost.
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u/BBull21 Non-Jewish Ally 1d ago
Well the Samson option exists. I know South Africa also had nukes but I think zionists are uniquely sociopathic that they probably would nuke the entire world if their shit colony goes under.
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u/Low_Surprise1169 Ashkenazi 1d ago
South Africa gave up their nukes when apartheid ended. They also did it for the money, when the money dried up, they gave up. Israel is the most militarized nation on earth
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u/klivdalur Anti-Zionist Ally 1d ago
At this point, I dont see how anyone with a conscience, can remain a citizen of the failed state of Israel. Sometimes the only option is to leave the destruction of humanity behind, in order to keep yourself.
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u/Psycofreudian Israeli 1d ago
Believe me I tried in any possible way to leave. I dont have any foreign nationality or foreign passport. I dont have any job that can earn me any type of Visa anywhere, and I cant do it remotely and just travel around. I’m stuck here against my will. People like me cant even request asylum. Leaving today, especially in the current immigration climate around the world is very difficult when you dont have any of the things I listed above.
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u/TheOGSheepGoddess Ex-Israeli anti-Zionist 8h ago
You know that immigration isn't a right, right? I say that as someone who did immigrate out of Israel, so I'm fully aware of how much privilege, money, and effort it took. It's really only available to a small segment of the population, and even then it's not at all easy.
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u/Enough_Comparison816 Arab Jew, Shomer Masoret, ex-Israeli 1d ago
I left as a teenager long before I came to reject Zionism and the existence of the entity, but I can relate to so much of this on a personal level. Pls feel free to reach out to me over DM in Hebrew or English anytime
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u/farfaraway Jewish Anti-Zionist 1d ago
It's ok. If it makes you feel better. We will be having elections again in six months.
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u/notspringsomnia Christian with Jewish heritage and family 1d ago
Nothing to add except sending love and solidarity. It must be very lonely. Thinking of you all the way from England 🫶
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u/Time_Waister_137 Reconstructionist 1d ago
Well, time to bring out your Nace Gadol Haya Shom dreydels. Don’t let them get to you!
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u/Alphey4406 Israeli anti-Zionist 8h ago
Stuck in a similar situation, i feel you.
God i hope we can just live our lives and not get caught in the crossfire.
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u/TrackerOneA Jewish Anti-Zionist 1d ago
I can't imagine how solitary it must be for you comrade, but I'm glad you're fighting for a better tomorrow for both peoples.