{"id":2101,"date":"2024-04-05T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.takemeon.org\/dir\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2024-04-06T01:33:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T01:33:56","slug":"understanding-the-israeli-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.takemeon.org\/dir\/2024\/04\/05\/understanding-the-israeli-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Israeli Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What we Jews long for the most is to lay down the weapons of war, both physical and verbal, and to just share teachings with other Indigenous Peoples. We Jews love hearing other Native peoples\u2019 stories, as much as we love sharing our own Israeli stories. By stories, we mean both histories and myths \u2013 as so beautifully shown here in this video interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Israeli<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Achi Hananya Naftali , don\u2019t be afraid to speak our Canaanite Hebrew language in return, when Native peoples offer theirs! The RiverWinds do right by us with their Native words! A sign of mutual respect between tribes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the European\/Christian and Arab\/Muslim Conquistadors one day \u2013 soon \u2013 remember that they were once Indigenous peoples, too, and allow us Jews to peacefully and securely decolonize amongst their Colonial nations. All so that we may have honest conversations such as this between us, as equal peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"If<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Indigenous Judean people are the Native caretakers of our Canaan land of Israel. This is why the desert blooms when we Jews multiply upon our land and fulfill the sacred obligation to plant. And this is why the desert dies when Arab-European Conquistadors ethnically cleanse Jews from our land, forcing most into in the worldwide Arab-European diasporas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMahmoud Darwish was a world renowned Palestinian poet \ud83d\ude4f \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\u201d Living in the Southwest Asia Indigenous land of Jewish Israel \ud83d\udd4e \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 \u2013 that is presently occupied, along with the land of Kurdistan by the post-WW1 Arab settler Colonialists \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8, self-named \u201cPalestinians\u201d since 1964!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tara King , thank you for recognizing our Indigenous land rights as Southwest Asia Indigenous peoples\u2019 \u2013 Jews, Kurds, Balochs, Assyrians, etc! It\u2019s a shame that Mahmoud Darwish didn\u2019t give credit due to Indigenous Jews who have kept our land obligations for 3,800 years \u2013 non-stop \u2013 upon our Canaan Judean land of Israel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"HAMAS<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We need the war to end. We need the kidnapped Israeli hostages freed. We need to protect civilians. We need to protect aid workers. We need HAMAS to surrender! Tell HAMAS to lay down their weapons and release their hostages for a ceasefire!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until we get the world of human nations \u2013 and, especially, the Arab-European Colonial nations \u2013 to acknowledge that Arab Conquistadors, who self-named themselves \u201cPalestinians\u201d in 1964, are politically land-squatting in Gaza and (what Jordan named) the \u201cWest Bank\u201d to deny Israel\u2019s 1948 forcibly decolonized sovereignty and to deny Kurdistan\u2019s efforts to decolonize, then nothing will change upon Southwest Asia Indigenous peoples\u2019 lands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations will continue to UNRWA fund Arab settler occupation and terrorisms upon our SWANA Indigenous lands, while continuing to blame Indigenous Israelis for defending ourselves from these Arab-European Colonial crimes against Indigenous humanity, both here in Southwest Asia and worldwide. The false equivalency between our Indigenous Israeli nation and these Imperialistic Colonial nations must stop! It has never be about Israel, but about Jews refusing to be colonized, assimilated, and exterminated. How dare the people of Israel survive and defend herself?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 7, Hamas terrorists invaded the State of Israel and massacred Jews and Arabs, 1,200 Israelis were murdered, families were burned alive, women were raped, the terrorists beheaded children, until now there are 134 Israelis who are being held in Gaza in inhumane conditions \u2013 and this is from yesterday the deputy mayor of Haifa, a supporter of terrorism. \u2026 And make no mistake \u2013 what is happening in Haifa will happen in the entire State of Israel if we do not wake up and stop this disgrace and quickly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs Hamas a terrorist organization? Regia Zaatara: \u201cNo, of course not. Hamas is a legitimate part of the Palestinian people\u201d. \u2013 OF COURSE, but you\u2019re the extremist, as an Indigenous minority, for saying this to the Arab-European settler Colonial world! Colonial terrorism is an inherent given. Islamic HAMAS is a legitimate terrorist part of the Arab Palestinian people who have settler occupied our Native Israeli land!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Saul<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

An Indigenous Judean tale of two Kings! Let\u2019s get back to teaching Torah, our Jewish people\u2019s ancestral stories, for a moment. Shall we? Specifically, teaching why there is such a great difference between King Saul\u2019s character and King David\u2019s character. First, we will summarize King Saul and, then, King David. Then, we\u2019ll address the Indigenous Jewish moral to this story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Saul \u2013 modest but with an angry heart. Hence why the bad spirit of G-d entered Saul to use him to try to kill sheppard boy David over the intimate sexual relationship between Saul\u2019s son, Jonathan, and David. G-d drove him mad with rage, to the point of cursing his wife\u2019s womb for bearing forth Jonathan and to the point of seeking to kill David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King David \u2013 extravagant to a fault, loved him some G-d and some women and men, was quite comfortable collecting wealth unto himself, got chastised for dancing naked outside the castle,\u2026 he was even extravagant at times in his viciousness while doing war. And, how can we forget? His notorious act of satisfying his relationship with a married woman, through his efforts to have her husband murdered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the moral of these ancestral characters: G-d uses the good and bad in each person for whatever purpose G-d intends. Why? Because, G-d is both good and evil in nature, and need not explain his\/her-self being G-d! Meaning, like G-d, a modest person can become a raging evil towards others, and a narcissistic person can be the hero of the people through each good deed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Okay! Let\u2019s apply this Torah teaching to our present real life, historically speaking, of course\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Biden has done great things but, as of late, has turned his back upon we Indigenous Israelis for political votes in the upcoming 2024 election. (No judgement being made here, just an observation of easily verifiable historical facts!) Whereas, Donald Trump has zero interest in others, other than to grift them for his gain at their expense. Worse, he is both an anti-Jew and anti-Black racist. (It doesn\u2019t matter how many of these less than kind that Trump personally knows, or how many attach themselves to his family for advantage!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, doing right by Israel is the subject of the latter half of this post. (NO, DON\u2019T STOP READING NOW, USA politically polarized citizens, both \u201cLeft\u201d and \u201cRight\u201d!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump did become \u2013 for a baruch ha\u2019Shem brief moment \u2013 a \u201cgood dead\u201d tool, through Jewish targeted manipulation. Thus, he was used to force the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, forcing the duplicitous USA to take a side in this UNRWA funded war \u2013 between Indigenous Israelis (Jews, Druze, Bedouin, and Israeli Arab citizens of Israel) and our post-WW1 Arab settler occupiers and terrorists \u2013 self-named \u201cPalestinians\u201d since 1964 \u2013 who are politically land-squatting upon our 1948 forcibly decolonized Indigenous Judean people\u2019s land of Israel to deny our peaceful and secure decolonization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Abraham Accords was also our Indigenous Jewish people\u2019s doing, for we Israelis are the speakers of Canaanite Hebrew and Colonial English and Colonial Arabic. Again, after a decade of negotiations and private from the general public treaties, we Israelis convinced \u2013 through Trump manipulation \u2013 southern Arab nations to meet publicly, with the USA as the mediator, and to publicly sign our mutual \u2013 already established \u2013 political and economic relationships. There is still work to be done, though! All because of Colonial \u201cAmerica\u201d and wannabe Colonial \u201cPalestine\u201d (UNRWA funded PA\/HAMAS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, to the final part of this post \u2013 wrapping up the beginning in a spiral with the ending. Though we Indigenous Jews have no real power to influence the political choices of Colonial nations \u2013 like the United States, with its 2024 Presidential election coming soon,\u2026 Though we Indigenous Israelis will work with any leader of any Colonial nation who is willing to support our continued decolonized Israeli nation existence (our Zionism, our Indigenous Judean land back movement!),\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLEASE, United States of Colonial \u201cAmerica\u201d, please,\u2026 Still VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS in 2024! Though you may see similarities between King David and criminal Donald J Trump, KING DAVID LOVED HIM SOME G-D OF ISRAEL and did right by Israelis in his time! Donald J Trump is just plain godless and NOT \u2013 very sadly \u2013 in a good way. If Donald J Trump could be Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, or Vladimir Putin, he would be already! Don\u2019t let Vladimir Putin be Trump\u2019s Whitehouse handler in 2025. Putin has already corrupted your U.S. Congress!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The moral of this latter half of this post: We Indigenous Israelis have lost whatever brief influence we had over Donald J Trump through his \u201cfamily\u201d ties! With Donald J Trump in the Whitehouse in 2025, it\u2019s Vladimir Putin, former KGB for the USSR, who is your new President! He rigs elections to stay in power, folks. If you are a non-MAGA and you vote for Trump, you vote for Kleptocracy by the rich over ALL USA subjected citizens. Remember, Donald J Trump doesn\u2019t give a damn about you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"parashat<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now, THIS! This is the Jewish response to \u201cwhy\u201d bad things happen to good people! We sit shiva (in silence, mourning), instead of offering platitudes. We say phrases, such as \u201cbaruch dayan ha\u2019emet (blessed be the true judge)\u201d, especially when we directly know\/know of this person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note, I said this is our Jewish \u201cresponse\u201d. Because, theological or philosophical \u201canswers\u201d to this question, fail themselves in these moments. Just ask those who have lost loved ones! There are no legitimate or satisfactory answers in these moments, only the overwhelming silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does our Jewish TaNaKh attempt an answer to this question? Yes, and no. Torah is very clear that G-d is both good and bad in behavioral nature. TaNaKh explains the unexplainable through stories. Such as the subject of this week\u2019s parasha, the unexpected violent death of Aaron\u2019s two sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also the maschit (demon of death) in Torah that was used by G-d to slaughter the firstborn of the Egyptians. And, let\u2019s not forget the world\u2019s favorite ha\u2019Satan (\u201cthe adversary\u201d) from our Jewish ancestral writings, that G-d personally directs to tempt humans into confounding mistakes before their G-d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, none of this matters during the times of unrelenting mental\/emotional silence over what has taken place in our lives! These moments are not a time for stories, but for silence. There is a lot of suffering going around this world, and a lot of \u201creligious\u201d people (specifically, Christian and Muslim) seeking to rationalize and explain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we need to be doing this Shabbat weekend as an entire human species, is to collectively \u2013 all humans at one time \u2013 sit shiva. Sit in the overwhelming silence of our human eclipse that is destroying this planet Earth for theological and philosophical sectarian gain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shemini: The Perfect Parasha for these Challenging Times<\/a><\/blockquote>