I love Israel.
I believe in Israel.
But I do not “stand” with Israel.
I do not support the Likud government coalition,
I do not endorse the feckless military strategy in Gaza,
and I cannot celebrate the “special relationship” Israel has with the United States.
When I stand in Jerusalem and meditate on the miracle of literally manifesting my ancestor’s prayers the feeling of home overwhelms me.
But my home cannot be a Westphalian military state; our prophecy cannot continue to be regulated by American and European conceptions of sovereignty and the sacred.
As Jews, as Israel, it is our job to innovate, to shed light, and when we march in solidarity with America’s relationship with Israel we fail to understand the responsibility we have to do better.
