I Went To A Teach-in On Gaza Held At My University Last Year. The Point Was To Give Context To Whats

i went to a teach-in on gaza held at my university last year. the point was to give context to what’s happening for students who were likely getting all their information from social media. the (gentile) professor ended the lecture by saying, “if anyone tells you hamas didn’t do terrible things on october seventh, then they are a liar.”

the mood noticeably shifted. the audience was stunned. no one clapped or said a word for maybe five beats, and even then the clapping seemed reluctant.

i think that was about when i started stepping away from the pro-pal movement- this was before the encampments when most people were still pretending to care about peace and coexistence. but these people were shocked by being reminded that hamas was not guilt-free, they couldn’t fathom being told that no, being oppressed does not give you a free pass to rape, murder, and kidnap- and i realized we did not share the same hope for peace.

Ariel Gold was responding to the independent investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch - she dared to acknowledge October 7th was bad, provided with indisputable evidence, but of course condemning that day is never acceptable to the crowd she’s been trying to appease.

“it’s always these Jews.” “Jews should not be welcomed (in the movement).” it’s almost like the problem is…well, you know.

Human Rights Watch

October 7 Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes by Hamas-led Groups

Hamas’ military wing – the Qassam Brigades – and at least four other Palestinian armed groups committed numerous war crimes and crimes again

favorite tattoo i’ve ever seen was just חומו on someone’s forearm. they weren’t jewish but it was a very 👁️👁️🫵 moment yk

the absolute culture shock of being raised catholic and only going to orthodox or catholic churches and then going to a christian reformed church. whole thing was in english and they put the distracted boyfriend meme on the screen during the sermon 😭😭😭

my supervisors supposed goal was to give me as many non-antisemitic clients as possible by paring me with ppl who visibly support israel. this plan has backfired in the worst way because what she actually did was give me antisemitic christian zionists for clients.

gefilte is unironically one of my most favorite words, it just has such a nice feel to it yk? eventually i’ll be brave enough to try it. maybe next pesach. but that smell put fear in my heart i won’t lie 😭

actually fake Jews really do exist and they are the people who like gefilte fish

love is my beautiful partner sneaking my favorite cheese into the cart at the store (and me pretending not to notice so i don’t spoil the surprise)