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Gideon Levy Once again I did not go to Habima Square, or to Kaplan Street, to
Follow join the demonstrations. My legs did not carry me there and my
Jan 22, 2023 1:28 am IST
heart kept me from taking part in a protest that is largely justified,
but which is not my protest.
A demonstration covered in a sea of blue-and-white flags, as if to

prove itself and to protect its participants, while the flags of the
other people that live in this land are prohibited or gathered into a
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narrow ghetto on a mound of dirt at the edge of the square, as in
the previous demonstration, cannot be my demonstration.
An all-Jewish, one-nation demonstration in a clearly binational

state cannot be a demonstration for anyone who seeks equality or
justice, which are among the key words of this protest but remain
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Hollow is the talk of “freedom, equality and quality government”

by the organizers of one demonstration in Tel Aviv; no less hollow
is the talk of “fighting for democracy” by those of the other. There
is not and will never be “freedom, equality and quality
government” in an apartheid state, nor is there “fighting for
democracy” when a blind eye is turned to apartheid.
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Some of the Jews of this country are now outraged in the face of a
concrete threat to their rights and liberty. It is good that they have
been shaken into civil action, but their rights and liberty, even
after they are curtailed, will remain those of the privileged, of the
inherent Jewish supremacy. Those who assent to it, in speech or in
silence, take the name of democracy in vain. Silence about it is
silence about apartheid. Participation in these demonstrations of
hypocrisy and double standards is unacceptable.
The sea of Israeli flags at these demonstrations is meant as

apology in the face of the right’s questioning of the camp’s loyalty
and patriotism. We are Zionists, therefore we are loyal, the
demonstrators say. The Palestinians and the Israeli Arabs can wait
until we finish things among us. It’s forbidden to mix issues, as if
it were possible not to mix them. Once again, the center and the
left fall dead before the accusations of the right, mumbling and
apologizing; the purity of the flag tarnished them far more than
the accusations did.
Once again, this camp is shown to exclude Palestinians and their

flag no less than the right does. How can one participate in such a
demonstration? There is not and cannot be a demonstration on
democracy and equality, on freedom and even on quality
government, in an apartheid format in an apartheid state, while
ignoring apartheid’s existence.
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The flag was chosen as a symbol because it is a Zionist protest, but

it cannot be a Zionist demonstration for democracy and also a just
demonstration. An ideology that engraves on its flag the
supremacy of one people over another cannot preach justice
before it changes the basis of its ideology. The Star of David is
sinking, as the cover illustration of Friday’s Hebrew Haaretz
Magazine demonstrated so wrenchingly, but its sinking is
inevitable as long as Israel’s flag is the flag of one of the two
nations with a claim to it.
Palestinian blood has been spilled like water in recent days. Not a
day goes by without innocents being killed: a gym teacher who
tried to save an injured person in his yard; two fathers, in two
di!erent places, who tried to protect their sons, and a 14-year-old
son of refugees – all in one week. How can a protest ignore this, as
if it weren’t happening, as if the blood were water and the water
were blessed rain, as if it has nothing to do with the face of the
regime?
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Can you imagine if Jews were attacked every day or two? Would
the protest have ignored them? The occupation is farther than
ever from ending; it has become an annoying fly that needs to be
silenced. Anyone who mentions it is a troublemaker who must be

kept away; even the left doesn’t want to hear about it anymore.
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“Stop the coup d’etat,” call the announcements, with pathos that
seems to have been taken from the French Revolution. But there is
no revolution in an apartheid state, if it continues to be an
apartheid state. Even if all the demands of the protesters are
realized, the Supreme Court carried aloft, the attorney general
exalted and the executive branch returned to its rightful stature,
Israel will remain an apartheid state. So what is the point of this
protest? To enable us to revel once more in being “the only
democracy in the Middle East.”
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10 John Walsh 14:50

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Gideon is the boy at the back of the crowd shouting:“The status

quo has no clothes.”
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9 Abe 14:12
6 1
Once again, Gideon Levy writes in brilliant simple eloquence. His

voice needs to be heard and should be the realvoice of
resistance and solidarity with Palestinians and the fight for a truly
democratic bipartisan state.
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8 Jim JEWS AGAINST APARTHEID 13:38

12 0
Should be the rallying cry. A flag with both intertwined should be

the symbol! As Abraham Lincoln said "United We Stand or
Divided we Fall". It was a choice between pro Slavery and Anti
Slavery. As now to Ethnic Cleansing, Apartheid and Military Jim
Crow Law or Equality, Respect in a Bi-National State with
Justice and Law that sees no Race! There is only ONE RACE
THE HUMAN RACE! The American South a Feudalist Evangelical
Methodist Racist State that Israel mirrors is still being fought a
hundred years later. Its time Israel At least STARTED the Fight!
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7 mce 08:21
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I don't disagree with your major statement about the need for
inclusion of all Israeli citizens in the protest but I don't
understand why the blue and white flag is characterized as a
Zionist flag. Isn't it the national flag of Israel?
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Jim Was a Swastika a National Flag of 13:48

Germany? mce
11 0
The Blue and White can be both racist and patriotic both
repressive and liberating depending who is holding it!
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6 Peter 06:59
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Everyone hates Alec Baldwin but I wonder if he knows it's mostly

because of his wife.
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5 Greg 06:30
1 14
Only a cot case would believe this propaganda
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4 Paulie 06:09
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Giants unable to even make a game of it. Eagles are ecstatic and
the citizens are partying up a storm. Especially those fans
walking and bending over and lying down on Kensington Ave.
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3 Walter 05:16
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My question to AOC the bartender would be: Which is your

favorite socialist/communist country, where you would seek
refuge from America? Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Russia or
China?
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2 Fred 05:10
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Gideon and his Bubbe Meises
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1 abram 01:53
15 3
Gideon,Get up, get on that protest platform and say it there. The
Palestinian Israelis must join the protest and make the issues of
their inequality central to the protest. Did you not feel the vibe of
the last speaker, a remarkable eloquent Palestinian evoking the
image of a united, harmonious, bi-national Israel, fully
democratic. So stop complaining and join in!
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Jim Join in with a Palestinian Flag? 13:18 abram

11 1
How many would be "allowed" how many Palestinian's

would ne arrested, beaten or killed? When it comes to
demonstrations Palestinian's are much braver and know
they are putting their lives and sometimes their freedom
and homes on the line. You miss Gideon's point most
Israeli/Jewish demonstrators are demonstrating for
themselves while ignoring the plight of their indigenous
brothers!
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Pat Carmeli 13:55 abram

6 0
Levy has been saying and writing for years that Israel
needs to end the occupation, form a true bi-national
state with real democracy (not just for one people), end
apartheid, end the occupation, etc. These flag-waving
folk don't listen, don t hear. They don't even see the
"other
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A demonstration covered in a sea of blue-and-white flags, as if to

An all-Jewish, one-nation demonstration in a clearly binational

Jewish Law Above As Arye D

Hollow is the talk of “freedom, equality and quality government”

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The sea of Israeli flags at these demonstrations is meant as

Once again, this camp is shown to exclude Palestinians and their

The flag was chosen as a symbol because it is a Zionist protest, but

The dirge for Dery

What the left must learn from Netanyahu's revolutionary,

The final barrier preventing Israel's fall to the dark forces

silenced. Anyone who mentions it is a troublemaker who must be

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10 John Walsh 14:50

Gideon is the boy at the back of the crowd shouting:“The status

Once again, Gideon Levy writes in brilliant simple eloquence. His

8 Jim JEWS AGAINST APARTHEID 13:38

Should be the rallying cry. A flag with both intertwined should be

Jim Was a Swastika a National Flag of 13:48

Everyone hates Alec Baldwin but I wonder if he knows it's mostly

Only a cot case would believe this propaganda

My question to AOC the bartender would be: Which is your

Gideon and his Bubbe Meises

Jim Join in with a Palestinian Flag? 13:18 abram

How many would be "allowed" how many Palestinian's

Pat Carmeli 13:55 abram

Israeli Author David Israel’s Most Influential Netanyahu Fires Loyalist

Israel's Opposition Palestinian Prisoner, From War Torn Ukraine to

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