You bewail injustice and unprovoked evil,
Proclaim your innocence, your purity of heart,
Brand the helpless as murderous Nazis,
Regretfully kill children in self-defence,
Then demand the world stand by your side.
In Praise of Zionism
The Origins of the Genocide Against Palestinians — and Why the West Struggles to End Support for the Zionist Entity
Israelis have not come to resemble the people who murdered European Jews 80 years ago. They began that way. Zionist Jews arrived in Palestine as Europeans — not only by passport, but by mindset. They belonged to the same world that produced centuries of Christian persecution, pogroms, ghettos, and finally the death camps. What changed was not the logic of domination, but its direction. Once victims, they became settlers. And now they kill Palestinians.
This is not a Jewish genocide. It is a European one — a continuation of colonial violence by other means, carried out by descendants of Europe’s victims with Europe’s blessing. The West supports this not out of ignorance, but because it suits them. The alliance rests on three things: guilt, interest, and fear.
First, guilt — the need to atone for the Holocaust without confronting the systems that made it possible. Supporting Israel is cheaper than reckoning with fascism’s roots in Western civilisation. Second, shared interest — Israel is a ready-made outpost of Western power in a region that resists it. Third, and perhaps most significant today: fear. Fear of being smeared, shamed, or ruined. To criticise Israel is to risk being called antisemitic — a word that now functions less as a moral warning than as a political weapon.
Yet this fear is irrational. Europeans and Americans have more to gain from an honest friendship with the Arab world than from clinging to a relationship with a rogue ethnostate. Even in cold strategic terms, Israel is becoming a liability. But political, military, and financial entanglements are easier to sever than psychological ones. The real hold Israel has over the West is emotional — built on guilt, intimidation, and a long-standing inability to confront its own fascist past.
Zionism was born in Europe, not just geographically but ideologically. It emerged from the same currents that produced nationalism, racial hierarchy, and colonial conquest. It is not foreign to the West — it is the West. One of its 20th-century offspring, exported and rebranded, but still recognisably of its flesh.
The liberation of Palestine may depend, ultimately, on the liberation of Europe — not from some external force, but from the Zionism it birthed, exported, and now fears. Until that rupture occurs, the genocide will go on, and the West will keep funding it — not because it must, but because it cannot yet bear to stop.
Does Anything Like JAZ Connect Already Exist?
The JAZ Connect platform aims to map, document, and amplify anti-Zionist Jewish voices — individuals, organisations, movements, and traditions — in a publicly accessible and strategically useful form. But is it really a new contribution? Does anything like it already exist?
The answer is no — not in this form, not with this scope, and not with this purpose.
What Exists Now
There are, of course, many anti-Zionist Jewish organisations and initiatives. Some of the most visible include:
- Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) – the largest anti-Zionist Jewish organisation in the U.S.
- IfNotNow – a movement of young American Jews opposing the occupation
- Jews for Justice for Palestinians (UK) – longstanding and outspoken
- Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) – a national platform for anti-Zionist perspectives
- Neturei Karta – ultra-Orthodox and vocally anti-Zionist for religious reasons
Beyond these are local synagogues, student groups, academic figures, and cultural workers who speak out, organise, and resist.
But these efforts are:
- Organisational rather than structural
- National rather than global
- Often siloed or isolated
- Fragmented across ideological, generational, and religious lines
There is no unified infrastructure to record, connect, or make searchable the vast, diverse, and growing body of Jewish anti-Zionism.
What’s Missing
There is no platform — as of yet — that offers:
- A living, global directory of anti-Zionist Jewish individuals and organisations
- Searchable metadata by geography, ideology, role, and focus
- An archival and public memory function that documents this movement across time
- A resource built not just for internal Jewish re-evaluation, but to support the broader Palestinian liberation movement
- A space for anti-Zionist Jews to find one another, reflect, and de-Zionise collectively
JAZ Connect proposes to do exactly that.
Why It Hasn’t Been Done
There may be reasons — implicit and explicit — why such a directory doesn’t yet exist:
- Fear of recentring Jews within the Palestinian struggle
- Concern over backlash, doxxing, and social/professional risk
- Absence of funding or institutional support
- A desire to avoid appearing self-congratulatory or factional
These concerns are valid — but they are not sufficient to justify absence.
On the contrary, the lack of such a tool has allowed Zionism to continue claiming a monopoly on Jewish identity — and allowed anti-Zionist Jews to remain isolated, invisible, or denied as aberrations.
Why It Matters Now
JAZ Connect doesn’t propose to create a movement. That already exists.
It proposes to record it. To connect it. To make it undeniable.
A tool like JAZ Connect would:
- Strengthen solidarity
- Counter Zionist propaganda
- Support Jews seeking to de-Zionise themselves and their communities
- Offer Palestinians and others a reliable map of principled allies
The need for it is not theoretical. It is strategic. And long overdue.
JAZ Connect is not a new idea. It is a long-neglected one.
Now is the time to make it real.
How Many Anti-Zionist Jews Are There, Really?
It’s a fair question. After all, we’re told constantly that Zionism represents “the Jewish people” — as though dissent is marginal, rare, or irrelevant. The reality is very different.
🧭 The Estimate
We conservatively estimate that:
- Over 500,000 Jews worldwide either reject Zionism outright or align with abolitionist/post-Zionist perspectives.
- Hundreds of Jewish organisations — from grassroots collectives to religious groups, media outlets to international alliances — exist with a clear anti-Zionist stance or practice.
These numbers are difficult to pin down precisely, but here’s what we do know:
In the United States:
- A 2021 Jewish Electorate Institute poll found that 25% of U.S. Jews under 40 believe Israel is an apartheid state.
- Among the same group, only 34% said caring about Israel was “very important” to their Jewish identity.
- Major organisations like Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), IfNotNow, and dozens of regional Jewish groups take explicitly anti-Zionist or abolitionist positions.
🌍 Internationally:
- The UK, Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Argentina, and South Africa all host visible and growing Jewish anti-Zionist communities.
- Groups like Jews for Justice for Palestinians (UK), Independent Jewish Voices (Canada), and Neturei Karta maintain longstanding public opposition to Zionism — sometimes for religious, sometimes political reasons.
- Hundreds more operate below media visibility — in congregations, student movements, cultural spaces, and activist collectives.
Why Don’t We Hear About Them?
Because Zionism dominates institutional Jewish representation: from federations to media, from synagogues to lobbying arms. Anti-Zionist Jews are routinely ignored, excluded, or attacked — dismissed as “fringe,” “self-hating,” or “not really Jewish.”
That’s exactly the purpose of JAZD:
To document, amplify, and connect the vast and principled world of Jewish anti-Zionism that already exists — and cannot be erased.
[This article is in regard to the Directory of Jewish Anti-Zionist Voices (JAZD)]
JAZ Connect: A Directory of Jewish Anti-Zionist Voices
JAZ Connect aims to bring greater and increasing visibility to the many anti-Zionist Jews whose voices are currently excluded from mainstream media.
How many Jewish anti-Zionists can you name?
If only a handful come to mind, you don’t have the full picture.
There are hundreds of thousands of anti-Zionist Jews, and hundreds of Jewish anti-Zionist organisations and NGOs. Yet they are systematically ignored by the mainstream media — and when not ignored, they are smeared by Zionists as “self-hating Jews” to discredit and silence them.
But they are indispensable. Their role in confronting Zionism and the apartheid, genocidal state it has built is not just important — it may well be essential to Palestinian liberation.
Why a Directory of Jewish Anti-Zionist Voices?
The goal of a global directory is simple: to increase visibility, amplify voice, and coordinate effort. JAZ Connect exists in support of the Palestinian struggle — and to document the Jewish refusal to let Zionism speak in their name.
Zionism must be confronted where its defences are weakest: from within the very community it claims to represent. It must be exposed not only as a colonial assault on Palestinians and Arabs, but as a betrayal of Jews — whom it claims to protect.
When Jewish voices are attacked by Zionists for speaking out, the lie collapses.
The lie that Zionism is Judaism.
The lie that Israel speaks for all Jews.
The lie that opposing Zionism is antisemitic.
In truth, to oppose Zionism is to affirm Jewish existence — ethically, historically, and spiritually.
What JAZ Connect Offers
The lie is already collapsing. But the collapse needs structure. It needs memory. It needs a map.
The JAZ Connect platform is designed to be a living, searchable record of Jewish individuals and organisations across the globe who have said no to Zionism. Publicly. Unambiguously. Often at great personal cost.
This vast reservoir of principled, courageous Jewish dissent needs a focal point. JAZ Connect steps up to that task. To our knowledge, no such platform currently exists.
JAZ Connect exists to:
- Amplify anti-Zionist Jewish voices
- Act as a resource for journalists, organisers, and activists
- Help Palestinians and others locate principled allies
- Refute the idea of a universal Jewish-Zionist consensus
- Support Jews seeking to de-Zionise their identity, history, and traditions
It is a resource, a witness, and a tool of solidarity.
Call for Contributors
If you are:
- A Jewish anti-Zionist willing to be listed
- An organiser or researcher who can help expand and verify entries
- A designer, coder, writer, or outreach worker who believes in this project
We want to hear from you.
You can help shape categories, contribute leads, refine orientation labels, or support outreach and platform development. Your involvement — no matter how small — helps shape a tool of global consequence.
Reply to this post or get in touch.
Let’s build something that cannot be ignored. And cannot be silenced.
Harvard Academic Insists Netanyahu “Not Chicken Shit”; Former Senator: “Jews Masters of Universe”.
Two influential Jewish Americans promote two of the most pernicious anti-Semitic tropes.
In a castigating plea, Harvard professor Ruth Wisse urged Jews everywhere not only to unflinchingly support Israel but to “stand and salute” Benjamin Netanyahu as their leader, warning: “Don’t you dare minimise our leader, don’t you dare call him a chicken shit.”
Wisse will be understood by many to be saying that diaspora Jews should regard Netanyahu as their rightful leader — a statement echoing one of the most malignant anti-Semitic tropes: that Jews are more loyal to their own group, and to Israel, than to the nations they live in. Others have had their careers ruined for far less. But Wisse’s commitment to Zionism overrides any concern for how her words might appear — or what consequences they may have.
While it is true that some Jews are more loyal to Israel than to America — and Wisse herself seems to exemplify this — she appears to argue that this is not a betrayal but a duty: that the natural obligation of American Jews is not to America first, but to Israel. That Jews worldwide should regard themselves not as full and equal citizens of their own countries, but as followers of a single nationalist project centred elsewhere.
Wisse is not alone. Former U.S. Republican Senator Norm Coleman recently lamented that Israel was “losing the digital war,” as public opinion in the U.S. turns sharply against it. His response was not to question Israel’s policies but to call on Jews everywhere to counter this shift — because, in his words, “Jews are the masters of the universe.”
He backed the claim by citing Jewish leadership of major digital platforms: Sam Altman of OpenAI, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, and Jan Koum, who founded WhatsApp. In doing so, he not only echoed another classic anti-Semitic trope — that Jews control global institutions — but reinforced it, urging Jews to leverage this alleged control in Israel’s defence.
The grotesque irony of Coleman’s words is inescapable. For centuries, Jews were persecuted, expelled, and slaughtered by people who believed they were masters of the universe. Now, a Jewish political figure reclaims that language — not in warning or lament, but in encouragement.
Both Wisse and Coleman claim to speak for Jews. But what they really speak for is Zionism. And that distinction is everything.
Judaism and Zionism are not synonymous. In truth, they are antithetical. Judaism is a religion of conscience, of right conduct, of standing before God. Zionism is a political project built on land, conquest, and the domination of narrative. Judaism teaches: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour.” Zionism answers: “Dominate your neighbour before he dominates you.”
Yes, Jews are disproportionately represented in media, technology, academia, and government. But this is not evidence of collective conspiracy. And when Jews in these positions act in service of Zionist aims, they do not act as Jews — they act as Zionists. That distinction must be defended, not blurred. It is the difference between faith and chauvinism, between exile and empire.
Netanyahu vs. the Puppets: When Criticism Is Just Collusion in Disguise
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just accused UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney of “siding with Hamas” following the shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC. This, despite all three leaders, along with many others, publicly condemning the attack.
The context is telling. Just days earlier, Starmer’s Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, delivered a blistering rebuke of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Though he stopped short of formally labelling it genocide or announcing sanctions, Lammy’s language was unambiguous: “Palestinian children are being bombed, burned, and starved to death,” he told the House of Commons, adding that “millions have been displaced in what many view as ethnic cleansing.” He condemned not only Israel’s starvation policy and aid blockade, but also what he called the “vile, genocidal language” of Israeli politicians and media commentators. (gov.uk source)
There was strong cross-party support for this position, including calls for recognition of the State of Palestine and growing use of the word genocide by sitting MPs. Earlier that week, Starmer, Macron and Carney had issued a joint statement demanding an immediate ceasefire and the full restoration of humanitarian aid to Gaza — warning that if Israel failed to comply, “concrete actions” would follow.
Netanyahu now claims that such statements not only embolden Hamas, but have also incited antisemitism and contributed to the Washington shooting. This is extraordinary: a sitting Israeli prime minister accusing his strongest international allies — who continue to supply arms, intelligence, and diplomatic cover — of siding with “mass murderers, rapists and baby killers”. It would seem an act of political self-sabotage, unless one of two things is true: either Netanyahu has some form of leverage over these leaders, or the entire spectacle is theatre — a bruising battle of words designed to create the illusion of real confrontation while allowing Israel to complete its work unimpeded.
And so, amid this performance of condemnation, the ethnic cleansing proceeds — not just of Gaza, but quite possibly of the West Bank. The West can later say it tried, that it voiced concern, that it raised alarms. Israel, for its part, will continue to deny any crimes were committed. And the world, ultimately, will move on. Voters will be herded back to domestic issues. The threat of electoral reckoning will vanish. And Israel will have solved its “Palestinian existence” problem.
Far-fetched? Maybe. But history suggests otherwise. The fact that Israel has been able to violate international law, comprehensively and with impunity, for 58 years since 1967 — and arguably since 1948 — strongly implies it can continue to do so. And with increasing confidence.
Because ultimately, as nearly all serious analysts agree, the scaffold holding up this artificial island of faux democracy is the United States — with its unblinking veto power, military lifeline, and deluded conviction that it somehow profits from all this. For Israel, condemnation from anyone but Washington is just water off a very slippery duck’s back.
Until the U.S. wakes up and realises that its costly loyalty to a single rogue state brings far less benefit than friendship with dozens of Arab nations — nations it does not need to prop up with weapons, and whose collective wealth dwarfs America’s — then nothing will change. Until Americans realise they are materially poorer because of their blind support for Israel, the apartheid will continue, and so will the bloodshed.
Donald Trump, of all people, may have an opening here. Should he choose to break the Zionist spell and sever the cord, he might actually earn that Nobel Peace Prize he keeps fantasising about. He could be remembered as the president who finally set America free — and opened the door to a new era of non-interventionist diplomacy, unchained from the toxic legacy of Israel-first foreign policy.
Israel would then face a choice. Either join the international community of mostly law-abiding states — including, notably, the State of Palestine — or become a pariah, starved of capital and attention, as global diplomacy and finance pivot away toward 400 million Arabs who, as economist Jeffrey Sachs puts it, the West will no longer need to sanction, bomb, or occupy on Israel’s behalf. (Sachs article and video below.)
Edge of the Universe
Zionism is as far from Judaism as the edge of the observable universe is from Earth.
Zionism is the antithesis of Judaism, and a Zionist the antithesis of a Jew.
The Gospel According to Airstrikes
And the Little Ones Shall Fall First: On Gideon’s Chariot and the Slaughter of the Innocents
Delivered at the Church of Holy Optics, Third Sunday in the 19th month of the Genocide
Beloved brothers, sisters, and stakeholders in the Heavenly Brand,
We gather today in solemn reflection and holy disbelief at the news from the land once called Holy. A new military operation has been announced. Its name? Gideon’s Chariot.
Praise be! Another chariot. Another prophet. Another press release soaked in scripture and blood.
Now, for those unfamiliar with Gideon, let us recap. Gideon was a man of God—reluctant, humble, called upon to defeat a great enemy with only a few righteous men and a trumpet. A tale of divine justice against overwhelming odds.
But behold! In the Zionist rebrand, Gideon now rides a Merkava tank, flanked by drones and sponsored by Lockheed Martin. This Gideon no longer downsizes his army to show the power of God. No. This Gideon mobilises tanks, flattens cities, and sends precision-guided missiles into crowded shelters—all under the banner of biblical virtue.
Let us pause, dear congregation, and ask: What would Jesus do with Gideon’s Chariot? Would he ride it through Rafah, aiming carefully at hospitals and UN schools, making sure the kill ratio stays impressive enough for Western donors?
Would the Prince of Peace wear night-vision goggles?
Selah.
They say over 18,000 children have been killed. That’s the number documented. A few might argue it’s hard to tell, amid the rubble and limbs, whether a corpse was seven or seventeen. But The Lancet estimates the real number of dead may approach 200,000.
Let us pause again and count, not the dead, but the excuses:
- We warned them.
- They were near a tunnel.
- We do not target civilians, only the 5-year-olds holding hands with militants.
And still they roll out another name from Scripture, polishing the gears of slaughter with the balm of myth. Because what better way to sell carnage than through the voice of the prophets?
What better way to bury the truth than under holy verses, quoted by men with sniper scopes and clean consciences?
We are told this is a war between good and evil. That those children, with their jelly sandals and stuffed toys, were human shields. That every mother screaming in Arabic is a hostage-taker. That food convoys are a threat. That grief is antisemitic.
Brothers and sisters, welcome to Revelations: The Hasbara Edition, where the Beast is a toddler in Gaza, and the Lamb is a 2,000-pound bomb dropped with divine precision.
And so the chariot rolls on.
But let us remember this: no matter how many psalms they staple to their missiles, no matter how many verses they tweet from the Book of Joshua while reducing Gaza to ash, God does not ride in that chariot.
God walks barefoot through the ruins. God holds the charred body of a child and weeps. God, if He speaks at all, is whispering: What have you done?
And perhaps, one day, from the wreckage of all this righteous slaughter, a new Gideon will rise. Not one armed with tanks and dogma, but truth. And he will tear down not altars, but the falsehoods upon which this bloodbath rests.
Until then, beloved, let us not be silent. Let us not be comforted. And let us not confuse the chariot of death for the will of God.
Amen.
Lies, Evasion, and the Crumbling Spokesman: David Mencer
A forensic breakdown of an Israeli spokesman’s public unraveling under real journalism.
In an interview with Yama Wolasmal, David Mencer, Israel’s chief international propagandist, visibly crumbles under the pressure of straightforward, honest questioning.
I prompted ChatGPT 4o to critique the interview, using the auto-generated transcript available at the YouTube video page:
Prompt to ChatGPT: Critique this interview of David Mencer conducted by Yama Wolasmal. It is taken from the auto-generated transcript of a YouTube video. Focus on rhetorical strategy, logical coherence, and journalistic standards.
Critique of the Interview
1. David Mencer’s Rhetorical Strategy
- Deflection and Evasion: Mencer repeatedly avoids direct answers, especially on critical points like proof of Hamas battalion destruction, civilian casualties, and Israel’s responsibility for Gaza’s reconstruction. He leans heavily on rhetorical flourishes — e.g., “we are the most humane army,” “gold standard” — without substantiating these claims.
- Moral Inversion: A key tactic is invoking Jewish historical trauma (the Holocaust) to deflect accusations of genocide, implying moral immunity. This conflation of past victimhood with present conduct is a recurring Zionist rhetorical device.
- Ad Hominem and Delegitimization: Mencer systematically delegitimizes all sources critical of Israel — the UN, WHO, aid groups, journalists — by branding them as biased or compromised. His equation of Hamas and ISIS is intended to foreclose any credibility to Palestinian sources.
- Unfalsifiable Assertions: Claims like “13,000 terrorists killed” are presented without evidence but framed as beyond question because they come from a “democratic country with checks and balances.” When challenged, he falls back on “trust us” arguments.
2. Yama Wolasmal’s Performance
- Persistence and Clarity: Wolasmal demonstrates commendable persistence, returning to unanswered questions (e.g., proof of Hamas fighters killed, evacuation plans for Rafah, reconstruction costs). His framing is clear and direct.
- Effective Use of Facts: He leverages international consensus (UN, WHO, donor countries) to challenge Israeli narratives, especially regarding casualty figures and UNRWA allegations.
- Maintaining Control: Despite Mencer’s attempts to steer the conversation or express indignation, Wolasmal maintains focus, refusing to be derailed by emotional appeals or accusations of bias.
- Potential Limitation: While firm, Wolasmal could have pressed harder on the logical contradictions. For example, when Mencer says “we have no problem with civilians” but simultaneously justifies mass displacement and bombing, that moral dissonance could have been more explicitly exposed.
3. Key Themes and Their Handling
- Civilian Casualties and Genocide Allegations:
- Mencer offers no credible rebuttal to accusations of genocide beyond invoking Jewish suffering and dismissing international institutions. His reliance on “we’re targeting terrorists” collapses under Wolasmal’s examples of safe zones being bombed, hostages shot, etc.
- Proof of Military Claims:
- The absence of evidence regarding Hamas battalions or the Shifa Hospital command center is glaring. Mencer’s frustration is tactical — portraying the demand for proof as unreasonable, thereby shifting scrutiny onto the questioner.
- International Law and Ceasefire:
- Mencer’s argument that the UN resolution is non-binding because “the Americans said so” exposes Israel’s reliance on U.S. cover rather than legal principle. Wolasmal rightly highlights this but could have underscored the implication: that Israel respects power over law.
- Media Access and Transparency:
- Mencer’s justification for blocking independent press — “protecting soldiers and hostages” — is weak, especially when compared to Ukraine. Wolasmal effectively highlights this double standard.
- Reconstruction Responsibility:
- Mencer’s repeated refusal to answer whether Israel will pay for Gaza’s reconstruction is damning. Wolasmal handles this well, exposing Israel’s unwillingness to assume responsibility for the destruction it caused.
4. Logical and Ethical Failings
- Collective Punishment Denial: Mencer claims Israel distinguishes between Hamas and civilians, yet defends actions (e.g., starvation tactics, mass bombings) that clearly constitute collective punishment.
- Shifting Burden of Proof: He demands absolute proof from critics while offering none himself, expecting Israel’s word to suffice.
- False Equivalence: Equating Hamas to ISIS, or Gaza to Nazi Germany, serves to morally license any action Israel takes, precluding proportionality or ethical constraint.
- Victimhood as Justification for Aggression: The invocation of Jewish suffering operates as both shield and sword — denying culpability while legitimizing violence.
Summary Judgment
This interview exposes the fragility of Israel’s official narratives when subjected to rigorous questioning. Mencer relies almost entirely on rhetorical devices: moral posturing, delegitimization of critics, emotional appeals, and evasive generalities. His inability to provide concrete evidence, coupled with his indignation at being asked for it, reveals a deep dependence on the presumption of Western goodwill and deference.
Yama Wolasmal performs admirably, refusing to be browbeaten or distracted. His approach is methodical, factual, and grounded in widely accepted international perspectives.
If anything, the interview highlights how rare such journalistic integrity is when confronting Israeli officials. It serves as a case study in dismantling state propaganda through disciplined questioning.