<div dir="auto">I have been impressed with the editorials from JSpace, which you have introduced to many of us. Thank you. Rosemary </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2024, 11:34 AM Arthur Blomme via Sundaycommunity <<a href="mailto:sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca">sundaycommunity@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>Thank you Helena for not taking my opinion as hostility. It is
big of you. I respect your contribution to oneness. <br>
</p>
<div>On 6/01/24 11:51 a.m., H. Burns wrote:<br>
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Thank you for sharing your opinion, Art.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jun 1, 2024, at 12:57, Arthur
Blomme <a href="mailto:art@integralshift.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><art@integralshift.ca></a> wrote:<br>
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<p>Helena</p>
<p>With respect.<br>
</p>
<p>Joe Biden can end the slaughter of Palestinians at any
time by withdrawing US military aid to Israel and voting
with the rest of UN nations to sanction Israel for
genocide and crimes against humanity. Empty talk about
ceasefires only confuses the issue and deflects Biden
Administration support for the ongoing genocide. </p>
<p>There is no war in Gaza. It is an occupation by an
ethno- fascist state who's objective is the ethnic
cleansing of the indigenous populations of what this
state considers to be Greater Israel.</p>
<p>Not all Jews are Zionists. Hasidic Jews consider
Zionism to be a heresy and they are being beaten in the
streets of New York by IDF trained police forces when
they protest against Zionism.<br>
</p>
<p>We are all the chosen people of God. <br>
</p>
<p>Art</p>
<p>On 5/31/24 5:03 p.m., H. Burns via Sundaycommunity
wrote:</p>
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Today Joe Biden announced potential good news for a
three phase resolution including an immediate ceasefire,
a release of hostages, a rebuilding of Gaza, etc.,
etc. that you have likely heard on the news.
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<div>I have decided to forward this article from Jspace
Canada, of which I am a member, because it captures
the anguish of Israeli liberals and captures the
‘heart‘ of the Zionist dream (with which I resonate).<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> JSpaceCanada <a href="mailto:info@jspacecanada.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<info@jspacecanada.ca></a><br>
<b>Date:</b> May 31, 2024 at 18:26:53 EDT<br>
<b>To:</b> Helena Burnstein <a href="mailto:helena.burnstein@sympatico.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
<helena.burnstein@sympatico.ca></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Israel at War: Making sense
of this week's news</b><br>
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<p>Dear
Helena,</p>
<p>Israel's
Channel 12
news <strong><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=ufdZpdDRfZ5ZIVUnexxpOsqlQltC8D3Q7iwcEsx5lJZYeYcZ5rqXaHr2U3P43kqH9J5o1KI9saSwvuoh8LeQBslHcfHi-i5YxDGVMUYiJnhFlvzB582VTqDpDEyliun9---BQTdMLUIzf2xQ0E8K3XN4NMcbMWlRONgUTLAi618H86XL4H-hDy1oGgwK5GqTcNdQPjJmE_jF2BiE-zU0V_eEAcsTX4Q4FJj0Ml2MDrNitjwZxf-OWk9BtLs3QJl1JK_fFlbvPbNAykKG9x2mV4dzWI62czybEd9vUt1NFTA&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">released a transcript</a></strong> yesterday of a
tense meeting
between
Israel's
National
Security
Advisor,
Tzachi
Hanegbi, and
members of the
hostage
families. </p>
<p>After one
of the hostage
family members
criticized
Netanyahu for
refurbishing
his pool in
Ceasarea
during a war,
Hanegbi
replied "you
have no right
to have this
much hatred
and pain." </p>
<p>When the
participant
replied that
she does have
the right, and
retold her
harrowing
story of
hiding from
Hamas
terrorists for
15 hours on
October 7,
Hanegbi simply
replied "then
go ahead and
curse me." </p>
<p>At this
point, she
left the room
crying, and as
another
participant
left to
comfort her,
Hanegbi
retorted "are
you also going
to create
drama?"</p>
<p>The
callousness of
this
government
reaches new
lows seemingly
every day,
this time also
wading into
misogyny with
Hanegbi's
"hysterical
women"
stereotypes,
as if having a
member of your
family held
hostage for
almost eight
months
wouldn't make
even the
toughest of us
completely
hysterical.</p>
<p>Hanegbi
also admitted
that "this
government
will not reach
an agreement
to finish the
entire war for
the return of
the hostages."
When a hostage
family member
replied "then
we are
doomed."
Hanegbi
replied
"correct."</p>
<p>This goes
beyond just
these
politicians
and this
government. If
the
pro-democracy
movement
pre-October 7
was a battle
for Israel's
soul, what we
are facing now
is a battle
for Israel's
fundamental
reason for
being.</p>
<p>Israel was
created as a
Jewish state,
to provide
safety for
Jews, when
history
repeatedly
told us that
we are not
safe in the
diaspora. This
promise, that
we will be
kept safe in
Israel is not
a promise that
is to be
stated once at
the state's
founding and
then taken for
granted. This
is an active
promise, it is
work that must
be done by the
state's
leaders every
single day, to
uphold the
fundamental
purpose of the
state.</p>
<p>It is clear
that this
government
failed
Israelis on
this promise.
It failed on
October 7,
when
<strong><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=7G_TnAG6v_4jUyJcWqkwUzpkueoeG65wu1-ICr0BN8y2W-eRWVwKRCzw7uwZKq78RgWZnQNVhLqdy_mhLrsN4w&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Netanyahu ignored the security warnings</a></strong> he
had received
in the months
prior. It
failed when it
put vengeance
over the
sanctity of
life, by
deprioritizing
the release of
the hostages.
And it fails
time and time
again when,
after
promising
equality for
all its
citizens, it <strong><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=tdADx8eKtARFyLkuoG3WvrkI4SqgXL_vKRovJWpRP0ehur5ezDsJR1zGDO7NsWOVuTkw1xulqXu5i734Jr67S7N85zKh8zUHT7VNSKR11WlL9bzGzUjPU-v8Yeov0GOpfQs3S2Z4JS7LlveghB1lkoPtojm7ogaAQlelEeW1vU4&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">arrests and intimidates Palestinian citizens of
Israel</a></strong>
who dare show
empathy for
the suffering
of
Palestinians
in Gaza.</p>
<p>Establishing
statehood,
gaining
self-determination
and
sovereignty,
was indeed the
goal of
Zionism. But
if that was
its only goal,
then why do we
still identify
as Zionists?
Why is this
identity so
crucial to us,
and why is our
relationship
to the state,
even as Jews
in the
diaspora so
important to
us 76 years
after the goal
of Zionism was
achieved?</p>
<p>It is
because it is
a movement of
dreamers. It
is a movement
of Jews who
believed, even
in their
darkest most
disenfranchised
moments, that
they could
create a
better future
for
themselves.
<strong>In
that is
inspiration</strong>.
In that is
what connects
us to Zionism
and tells us
that it is not
a movement
that ends with
the
establishment
of the state
it is a
movement that
was reborn
with the
establishment
of the state,
and continues
to evolve
after all
these years.</p>
<p>It also
showcases our
accomplishments, chief among them no longer being powerless. Acquiring
power, through
statehood and
government, is
not synonymous
with evil. In
fact, once you
have power,
you can use it
to empower
those still
without.</p>
<p>Unfortunately,
once again,
the Netanyahu
government has
used its power
mainly to
destroy and
disenfranchise.
The world
watched in
horror on
Tuesday as
Gazans taking
shelter in a
refugee camp
in Rafah were
burned alive
in a fire
caused by an
Israeli
airstrike.</p>
<p>Many
Hasbara voices
tried to <strong><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=GA-QehPCvkLMsdyZvyooQlI9PXh8wz43JDnIfgZIVTPU6uVZHQVMlxFUYoiId1-osunCIsytdwfVsFKyexV9DQ&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=5" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">explain away</a></strong> or <strong><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=V3RK0bITQEe0DogD7ULWhd6asTr4PVVr1LRzcfKEp_lDt-GxuRKSscuhsyEjs_MP9tNSoMcm5DpNBQDkUiAN4Q&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">justify</a></strong> this horror, offering
excuses or
rationales.
But there is
no excuse, no
rationale for
children,
mothers,
fathers,
dying. There
is no
rationale for
people who
have already
lost
everything to
lose even
more. To not
have your
heart break by
the
devastation is
to lose your
humanity. And
to not
recognize the
devastation
caused by your
misuse of
power is to
balk at the
responsibility
that comes
with your
power.</p>
<p>Having to
take
responsibility
is a
privilege. It
shows that you
have agency
and
accountability,
you are not
powerless, you
are not
without
representation. </p>
<p>We hold so
much tension
in Judaism -
the world was
created just
for me, but I
am but dust
and ashes. If
I am not for
me, who will
be for me? But
when I am for
myself alone,
what am I?</p>
<p>And so
here, once
again, we hold
this tension.
We are scared,
we are
vulnerable, we
feel fear. But
we also have
power, we have
agency, and we
can shape our
destiny.</p>
<p>A state was
created for
us. A state
that promised
to keep us
safe. A state
that is meant
to use its
power and
sovereignty
for good. If
we blindly
support the
state
unquestioningly,
what are we?</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=RZP2DqGq_HoVGefyzkYODzXXw48blSJZ_uyL8hy7McLzaeh7cD5Ihff0pz3aPKfNqlIZtMX_EoheEvPMLCaFWlaDPkxDPBVz5T2khqIREx7wmCdoRl5NMyZfg9D5l7u4&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>In the <em>Forward, </em>why recognition
of a
Palestinian
state does not
"reward Hamas"
and why
American Jews
should
recognize a
Palestinian
state now.</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=8iY3u7fKlhcNkgGSgArBgGuLUsWicLsaFU01ZzZFdBdT-whHLsQcm2tPLF3PkJJ0_0VvFhwxOTuwEkYJN7V2sH5ODQw1Fkbz_IApy8yvY-otNWiM3003x5Do3UYsEIZ1&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Zack Beauchamp writes about the massacre
in Rafah and
how Israel's
actions are
not only
slaughtering
Palestinians,
but destroying
Israel in the
process.</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=lb-1d5MMiOH4-wVLfg66RGKrH7vMCw4_KaKKf6-f1TQ1-Ow42JT7D-aXJr98y6I1VrC7kuas88d2xCndImFCC-V4ZocZ2rgo0xuu8vHUleYG7GortTSftyEAxkJCUj4xH4cOXJKEMn6F7uEroDXYNg&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>The
<em>Guardian</em>,
in
collaboration
with <em>+972
Magazine</em>
revealed the
threats and
intimidation
from Israel
against the
International
Criminal Court
over the past
nine years.</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=9qFujIoeyobCItbhgVcNfLtPpvPAXVozFLtZazbHGaDm-3Xaeis1r9ux95pKK5VxM1HTXGEn8ZNy_8ag0ihIL3HfplmZWU3kJ-78Q54aO0p8S24FFWdYePkBiwl-RXPv9ZYtNNlCgsWlhwX5QcFi8PMv3D2bjzW7XbROKCKiazaxcE5ARWTRZWKe6EJXfaHklPz7lCfTmys0qxOBYSP9YEzX6Y5eId32Wah0mVJoggVkbfuapTedXBQLcQ6guk_m&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=10" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>In
<em>Haaretz</em>,
Dahlia
Scheindlin
argues that
the war will
not end until
Netanyahu and
Israel can
answer three
stark but
crucial
questions.</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.jspacecanada.ca/r?u=RZP2DqGq_HoVGefyzkYOD8l7ccVezJnI0O-hZB27-_axcaOlkZ0avQRVEY5KJl-nOqnlY4uQS0iqbPjLe2gcO2xuhSphFiYiMZqfnT47Ynshgo3Ayt7PVJwvLjtL8Cnz&e=e01a8ccbbbe0751f0a6034ddfd2979fa&utm_source=jspace&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shabbatemail_may312024&n=11" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Two Israeli academics who study fascism
write about a
new proposed
law in Israel
aimed at
quashing
dissent at
universities,
and what this
says about the
state of
Israeli
democracy.</strong></a></p>
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