Sin of Modern Israel

In this modern era, I have have seen the most troubling issue of Israel and its place in Judaism and the world. I do have to admit my bais first, in my early years as a Jew, I always been quite critical of Israel, which has put criticism onto me. I will argue that there is significance reason as Jews we should not support Zionism in a Jewish content.

For what I think may be the first arguement to come into one's mind is from Talmund thought. Ketubot 111a.4 tells the idea of the three oaths. It tells the Jews "... not ascend to Eretz Yisrael as a wall" and "should not rebel against the rule of the nations of the world", it also tells the gentiles of the world "should not subjugate the Jews excessively". The verse after that reinforces the idea by saying "... prohibition against Jews immigrating to Eretz Yisrael".

Now for the arguments against this. One may agrue this is a one time commandment, which I respond with it is not, rather it is a generational oath we take on as Jews. What makes us different from Gentiles is our observing of YHWH as the highest god deserving of worship who we take his word upon generations. Another argument is Jews are just settling the land, which I claim falsehood to. Jews are not going little by little as the verse says onto the land just to settle, Jews came in by massive amounts, took over land, and wage war against the people of Palestine.

There have been many other Jews who argue for anti-zionism. Notably the Yevsektsia, a section of the Communist Party of the USSR, who opposed "Jewish bourgeois nationalism". This is a fair point to make, what is Israel but a bourgeois state made with nationalistic pride. I must also send praises to the Neturei Karta who beliefs sum up mine. We must wait for the Messiah and we can't self-determinly take the land back.

What I demand is to stop the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and return the land back to the people of Palestine. We Jews must stay in exile, for that is where we were placed. We must learn to live among the gentiles of the world and their nations. The Muslims are our siblings like another other human.

As Micah 4 put it best: "Though all the peoples walk each in the names of its gods, we will walk in the name of the eternal our God". I take this as we should not take the offensive side of war and let the people of other gods be, for we have ours. Let the Palestinians go, don't take their land, force Judaism, or push futher, resulting in more war.

If you are Jewish, I plead with you to not take the side of terrorist or Israel, but take side of the people. Don't hate the Israeli, only the ones who support this war and this sin. Don't hate the Palestinians, they are humans like us who deserve all, only hate the ones who attack the citizens of Israel, but remember the condictions that put them in that place. I speak to the gentiles not to hate Jews nor support Israel. Also to the Christian, stop supporting Israel because you believe Jesus will come down and kill all of us, shut it, if you think that you are evil itself and reflect on oneself.

My critique of the State of Israel is its adaption of beliefs I find dangerous. Zionism comes from the concept of nationalism, while nationalism itself is not evil, it can create evil. Zionism comes from the extreme facism has put onto the Jews; extreme circumstances makes extremism. Nationalism makes people come up with excuses, this belief Israel is doing what is right. Just like how the U.S. will excuse itself claiming it doing it to benefit the nation it attacks, defenders of Israel too claim they doing what is best. They see the war in Gaza as taking down Hamas and anyone who disagrees is just a defender of Hamas, and actually Hamas is not helping the Palestians but making it worse. I am not going to disagree that Hamas is not making it worse for the Gaza, it ignores how Israel did the same extreme making extremism; Israel put them where now people feel the need to attack innocents. It is this relationship of Israel making it worse for Gaza and Gaza becoming more extreme that makes Israel attacks back.

Forced conscription is in Israel, turning it citizens into militants. Joining the military is heavily against my beliefs and I feel bad for anyone in the world who is forced into joining the military machine.

Israel being a bourgeois state, any support I had could have fell. Not asking for what Stalin wanted; we do not need another attempt of centrialized planned economy.

While many religious anti-zionist believe in their beliefs on Zionism becuase of the Messiah. I personially have no interest in the Messiah coming. I do not want to be like Christians wanting for the end times to wipe away anyone we do not like. I am not some doomsday Messiah guy who will be rushing to Israel when it comes.