Views on Israel
I have been busy watching various people write and speak on the Israel war, and it has been a very interesting mix of voices. People on the ‘right’ and on the ‘left’; people on Israel’s side, Hamas’s side, and those trying for some middle position. So I thought I would compile a list, for my reference and possibly for others as well. This list is meant to focus on Substackers, but is open to everyone.
This list is meant to be always being updated. If you are on the list and wish to protest your or others’ placement, or add other links, put them in the comments below.
Right Wing: Social or economic conservatives
Right Wing: Pro-Israel
https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/israeli-arab-bedouins-seek-revenge-on-hamas/
https://www.commentary.org/jonathan-schanzer/the-real-gaza-hospital-crisis/
https://www.commentary.org/evelyn-gordon/jews-anti-semitism-europe-east-west/
https://www.commentary.org/articles/jonathan-schanzer/hamas-israel-war-after-war-between-wars/
The Hard Bigotry of Hyerbolic Expectations
-Note to Christians: I realise that the modern governments of the State of Israel have adopted blasphemous laws concerning such issues as Sodomy. I realise that their culture, like so many ‘western’ cultures is decadent and Godless. I realise that the governments of the State of Israel as a nation and the Jewish people as a whole have rejected their Mes…
Defining Terrorism
My definition for Terrorism is: The deliberate use of tactics against a civilian population which are intended to cause fear (terror) amongst that population and thus cause the leadership of that population to change its policies in a direction desired by those who use the tactics.
Right Wing: Pro-Hamas
Right Wing: Neutral
Center: Poor mixed up middle of the roaders, or those I can’t immediately place
Center: Pro-Israel
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/data-points-of-moral-superiority/comments
https://thedispatch.com/article/social-justice-for-me-not-thee/
Center: Neutral
https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/destruction-versus-depravity/comments
https://unherd.com/2023/10/israel-is-no-longer-britains-war/
Center: Pro-Hamas
Left-Wing: Economically or Socially progressive
Left Wing: Pro-Hamas
Left Wing: Neutral
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/for-israel-there-are-no-good-options-d33
I wrote that no one deserves to be raped because of the October 7th attacks. Should that be on this list? My stuff is more about the drama triangle than the actual Israel-Palestine argument. So I don't know that it even should be listed there.
Holly Math Nerd was more leftist originally, and doesn't align with the right. She's not even going to vote for either party in protest. I think splitting people between left vs right is very limiting these days. The labels don't seem to mean much and aren't very good descriptors.
amazing effort