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It’s been obvious since the response immediately after October 7 that this is not about Israeli policy or something subtle. It’s about the destruction of Israel. Where have you been for 6 months? Under a rock? They tell us they want Israel destroyed. Dead. They want Jews dead. Believe them.

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... But with jokes?

I'm kidding a little bit. I highly recommend (https://open.substack.com/pub/evebarlow/p/in-conversation-with-brianna-wu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1ht4mf), a piece about someone whose eyes were opened to what many Jews have been saying for years.

I really don't know what "the last straw" is for certain people, and frankly, I don't care. If it marches with antisemites and shouts the slogans of antisemites, it needs to be treated as an antisemite. What does that treatment entail? I don't know, antisemitism isn't a crime anywhere in the world, that I'm aware of. But it certainly means that I, as a Jew, am going to treat that person as a threat, I will not be in an organisation with them, I will not socially engage with them unless there is a trusted armed presence also there, and I will make damned sure that none of my money goes to help them.

I will not take hold to the cry that "silence is violence", but I will agree that "silence is telling". Every Jew I know has an escape plan, sometimes it involves Israel, sometimes it does not. I hope that they're all taking note of who is speaking, and who isn't, and updating their plan accordingly. Isn't it ironic that in a country that just had hundreds of rockets, missiles, and drones launched at it, Jews feel more secure there than in "the land of the free"?

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