Israel has seen emigration double since the attacks of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. While some are choosing to leave for security reasons, among those choosing exile are peace activists…

Israel has seen emigration double since the attacks of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. While some are choosing to leave for security reasons, among those choosing exile are activists weary of war and feeling increasingly isolated amid their country’s illiberal drift.

  • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    47·
    14 小时前

    Netanyahus original family name is Mileikowsky, his fathers family is from Warsaw and his father was an important figure in the Zionist movement. His mothers family went from Lithuania to the US and then to Palestine during the last years of the Ottoman empire.

    Thank you for this explanation. Now it’s clear why this article is posted in the “Europe” community. (/s)

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      111·
      13 小时前

      There is a strong cultural and personal interconnection. Many parts of European politics and Israeli politics, see Israel as an outpost of “Europe” in West Asia.

      People already mentioned Eurovision. When it comes to sports, Israel also participates in European leagues in many sports such as football, basketball, handball, marathon and many more.

      As more people will flee from Israel, most of them will either go to EU countries or the US.

      • Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        27·
        13 小时前

        Even if we assume for a moment that this is a justification for posting the article here, what has this to do with Netanyahus original family and the Ottoman empire in you initial comment?

        This is just another pseudo-intellectual gibberish.

        • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
          72·
          13 小时前

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_the_Ottoman_Empire

          The partition of the Ottoman Empire (30 October 1918 – 1 November 1922) was a geopolitical event that occurred after World War I and the occupation of Constantinople by British, French, and Italian troops in November 1918.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration

          The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population.

          The family history of Netanyahu is a peak example of Israel being a political project mostly by Europeans, or European Americans. It is the “European” answer to the problem of “European” Antisemitism and many aspects of the logic that bound Antisemitism and Zionism at the time of Netanyahus parents persist to this day.

          You can neither look at the history of Israel nor at today’s Israel without looking at Europe (and the US) as well.

          • randomname@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
            37·
            13 小时前

            Once upon a time in East Africa the homo sapiens migrated to the other world areas. So we post everything in ‘Africa’ now?

            If this is an explanation, you can eliminate the communities completely, because everything is connected with everything.

            • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
              83·
              13 小时前

              “once upon a time” vs. “within the lifetime of a significant part of the population or their parents”.

              If we where to turn that argument around, you would also have to argue that anything that happened since idk. the 90s or so should just be ignored and not seen as relevant anymore, no matter how much it ties in with how the world is currently.

              As i have explained before, the strong interconnection between Israel and mainland Europe is ongoing and it will have strong implications for the future of both. So the past, present and future are deeply connected.