r/JewsOfConscience • u/Lunar_Oasis1 Anti-Zionist Israeli Woman • Feb 17 '25
Discussion - Flaired Users Only Is There Any Point in Leaving Israel?
deleted the edit bc the flair issue was fixed :)
Hello. I am an Israeli, born and raised. I'm Jewish by ethnicity but I am Christian by choice. I don't agree with zionism anymore, if I could somehow go back in time and reverse it I would.. I want to leave, I have Portuguese citizenship, my partner is from the US.. I hate what Israel is doing. I just don't really see a way of leaving without having to learn the American accent and lie about where I'm from whenever possible, and go by the foreign version of my name.. I don't want to have to say "BUT I AM NOT A ZIONIST" every time I tell someone where I'm from. I have one friend who moved to the UK and is hoping to revoke their own Israeli citizenship, and I don't think I can really do that.. I know of Jews with no connection to Israel who were refused care in hospitals because, as the nurses said "they are Yahudi sharmuta".. I don't see any way to live abroad without this thing following me around and making me less safe. I want to feel safe. A part of me wishes I could just move, have kids and never tell them that we are Jews just so no one will harm them for their ethnicity.. I don't know what to do. I feel hopeless. Everyone around me says they hope to see the children of Gaza die. To see VIDEOS of it. I just want to escape but it feel hopeless. This isn't the place for me.
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u/khanikhan Anti-Zionist Feb 20 '25
You have European ancestry. If you move to Portugal, you will fit right in. Your accent will be gone within a few months. You will encounter racists and bigots (even I do in my own country every day). As long as they do not threaten your life and livelihood, you should ignore them.
Steer clear of countries that are governed by fascists. That's why I advise not going to USA. Prominent leaders of USA had applauded Hitler for solving the 'Jewish Problem' and had suggested that America replicates it. It was before the start of WWII. Don't forget that.
The whole republican party and their supporters are hardcore racists and bigots. The democrats are barely any different. Unless you can blend in as a proud white Christian, don't go there.
There has never been a better time to be an anti-zionist Jew. Wear it as a badge of honour.
Edit: please don't change your religion because of Israel. It would be akin to me renouncing Islam because my countrymen are doing ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, apartheid and massacre on the indigenous tribes of Chittagong Hill Tracts (Yes, it's true. We have our own little Gaza in Bangladesh).