Whether for truth, or for perpetuating propaganda, there will always be a unique voice. Those unique voices do not determine what the truth is, and though the background these voices may have seemingly given them some legitimacy, when all is said and done, they alone cannot replace your pursuit of the truth.
I happen to be the child of Holocaust survivors, all of whom have now passed away. It pains me every time I hear someone who is 2nd or 3rd generation condemn Israel because of what their parents or grandparents suffered. My survivor parents, aunts, and uncles, few as they were, would reject this perversion of their suffering outright. I learned early on not to stew in the fake empathy of victimhood. When someone says over and over, out loud and proud, that they want you dead because you are a Jew, especially one who stands up for one’s right to be sovereign in one’s own land, you either believe what they say or you will die or contribute to the deaths of your own people. As Menachen Begin said, we are not Jews on trembling knees anymore.
It is one of the weirdest parts of being human that two (or more) people can come to polar opposite conclusions based on the same reasons. I support Israel because of my family's Holocaust history, while a former friend of mine condemns it because of hers.
I happen to be the child of Holocaust survivors, all of whom have now passed away. It pains me every time I hear someone who is 2nd or 3rd generation condemn Israel because of what their parents or grandparents suffered. My survivor parents, aunts, and uncles, few as they were, would reject this perversion of their suffering outright. I learned early on not to stew in the fake empathy of victimhood. When someone says over and over, out loud and proud, that they want you dead because you are a Jew, especially one who stands up for one’s right to be sovereign in one’s own land, you either believe what they say or you will die or contribute to the deaths of your own people. As Menachen Begin said, we are not Jews on trembling knees anymore.
It is one of the weirdest parts of being human that two (or more) people can come to polar opposite conclusions based on the same reasons. I support Israel because of my family's Holocaust history, while a former friend of mine condemns it because of hers.