This week, I faced trial for opposing genocide, Zionism, and for challenging Germany’s unconditional support for Israel. The state prosecuting me may have legal authority, but its moral authority has collapsed as it again participates in a genocide.
Our community of Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, anti-Zionist Jews, and many others, are also often smeared and doxxed for being “Israel-haters.” Even responding to this feels exceedingly ridiculous, but I’ll grit my teeth long enough to write: What a pathetic insult and what a perfectly apt descriptor. Of course I hate Israel. Anyone who does not “hate” Israel represents a staggering and bewildering failure of the human condition.