Shit Liberal Zionists Say

Madonna’s concert in Israel is going to be a peace show! We can all come together through music.

It’s important that we always remember and cherish our Jewish history.”…”The Nakba was in the past. Palestinians need to move on.

I really hated George W. Bush, but you gotta admit that he was right-on with his road map for peace.

The attacks on African refugees are horrible, but it doesn’t mean that Israel’s not democratic. It’s just mob violence. It’s not like Israeli SOCIETY is implicated.

“As I read all the gloom and the blame from the traditional two sides this week, each more interested in pointing fingers at the other than pointing to the future together, I will remember the courage and hope of the Israelis and Palestinians I listened to this weekend.

That’s the side I am on.”

“Smugly patting myself on the back. That’s the side I am on.”

Socialists who aren’t Zionists are such assholes.

—Me, 7 years ago.

“Similarly, in pro-Palestinian circles the idea of a South Africa-style “one-state” solution of a single entity for all Israelis and Palestinians, including refugees, based on “one-person one-vote,” is a total nonstarter for the overwhelming majority of Israelis. So that, too, simply won’t happen.” —Hussein Ibish, 2012

“Letting black people ride in the front of the bus is a total non-starter for white people. It simply won’t happen.” —Hussein Ibish, 1955

It’s important that Palestinians be able to commemorate the Nakba, but we should keep in mind that both sides’ narratives are true.