1/5 Mike Marqusee, Jewish Anti-Zionist, Book Talk

Jewish American author and activist Mike Marqusee talks about his new book "If I am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew"; a passionate thought provoking exploration of what it means to be Jewish in the twenty first century.

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[tuberoller7]

You efforts to end the brutal israeli occupation will be greatly apreciated just as those brave south africans strong enough to take a stand were appreciated when apartheid ended in south africa!

You are the new nelson mandelas in the making!

[KnuckleDragger7]

interesting speeches on this channel....like it.

[greg91ification]

As a Jew I believe Judaism has been hijacked by jews who do not even believe in the legitamicy of the torah. If the Jews wish to survive we must stop the crimes in Israel otherwise we are doomed. The arob religion has also been hijacked as well as christians.

I hope one day the Jews around the world wake up and restore balance to the world

[PepJuice]

thank you. I admire your courage.

[racecar2323]

As a Jewish Anti-Zionist myself I loved this book and got so much from this.

[NEKO2BOT]

The Torah is not a history book by an definition.

The Torah is a myth that includes some links to historical events.

The Torah has been used by radical-Zionists to justify certain crimes including the theft of Palestinian land and the murder of Christian Arabs, Muslim Arabs, Christian Americans and Christian British subjects as well as Jews.

No serious historian believes the original five books were written by Moses.

PS there was no diaspora and Palestinians are the real Jews.

[yviva]

yes, it's great to see that throughout the narrative of hebrew/jewish history there have been those pressing for cross cultural respect and equality, but, at the same time, it's a mistake to look to religion for direction in the resolution these problems. religion is a great part of what is at the very root of the problem.

barbaric old cults do not have the best direction to offer for an evolved modern existence, however, the most fanatical zionists today are the fanatically religious zionists

[yviva]

however, according to the torah, it was the peaceful tribes who by violating "god"'s command, brought "god"'s wrath upon the jews, and were the cause of all the calamities that were to follow, (the destruction of the hebrew kingdom, the destruction of the temple, the diaspora, etc.).

[yviva]

according to the torah, about half of the tribes went along with this, while about half simply settled peacefully among the prior inhabitants.

any humanitarian, or, non-believer would have to view moses, who, speaking for "god" tried to goad the tribes into committing genocide, and the tribes who followed his direction as the villains of the story, and would have to view the tribes who chose to live peacefully with the local cultures as the heros.

[yviva]

unfortunately, religious zionists (and, not all religious jews are zionist. in fact, the most religious jews are anti-zionist, as they don't believe in the existence of a jewish state prior to the arrival of the "mashiach") look to the torah (the 5 books of moses) for direction from "god," much, much more than to the books of the prophets. according to the torah, "god" (jewish atheist here) commanded the hebrew tribes to commit the genocide of canaan in order to take the land for themselves...

[ThornUvDaath777]

you know, I'm an anti zionist/Israel (not true Yisrael, and no, I'm not one of those 'jews are black' idiots either) Jew myself, and I'd like to bring up the part at the beginning where he mentions the "Monopoly" of zionistic thought among Jews these days. He speaks the truth.

Having said that, how do I go about marrying Jewish in today's world? Anyone found a solution to that problem? Without becoming Charedi that is?

[DigitalBannana]

me too, best on subject.