{"id":674,"date":"2023-11-02T16:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innarogatchi.com\/?p=674"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:37:32","slug":"dear-world-i-dont-care-2-11-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innarogatchi.com\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Dear World: I don’t care – 2.11.2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Avi Lewis (C)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Avi Lewis. (C) Avi Lewis, with kind permission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The War & Humanity project I<\/strong><\/em>ntroduction: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what we would call ‘a writing on the wall’. On our Jewish wall world-wide. Avi Lewis, software engineer working for Meta and well-known videographer from Israel, succeeded in a perfect formulating what all of us, Diaspora Jewry, is feeling today. Slightly ironically, it comes from the person who lives with his family in Israel and who is currently on his IDF reserve duty. Avi’s monologue has become an instant classic because of a simple reason: it tells in a clear way what we all are feeling today. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avi was born and raised up in Australia and his family is friendly with members of our family in Melbourne. Avi made aliyah, carried on his service at the IDF, worked as a news writer for The Times of Israel, and now works for Meta. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avi has told us that he is currently on duty at the IDF reserve – and his observations from there is also one of the most inspired one can read these days. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avi and his wife have three children and they are living in Modin. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are proud to present Avi’s manifesto on behalf of million of Jewish people worldwide in our War & Humanity project, and thank him lovingly for his vision and clarity. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEAR WORLD: I DON’T CARE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Avi Lewis (C)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you sympathize with Hamas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know you wouldn\u2019t tolerate any of the things they did to us if they would\u2019ve done it to you<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you\u2019re outraged by Israel\u2019s response to the massacre more than the massacre itself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know you would do everything to eliminate such pure evil if you experienced it yourself<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that this doesn\u2019t fit neatly into your carefully constructed narrative of \u2018Israel as aggressor\u2019 and \u2018Palestinian as victim\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth hurts sometimes, but hey, don\u2019t let facts get in the way of your feelings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care if you think we are at fault, that we had it coming, that Hamas\u2019 actions\u2019 didn\u2019t occur in a vacuum (or to deny they ever happened)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you feel that the poster of a kidnapped child hurts your cause, maybe yours is a lost cause<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care about your calls for a premature ceasefire, about your demand that we provide them with electricity, that we stop fighting for \u2018humanitarian reasons\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What of a humanitarian gesture to release our 230+ hostages \u2013 elderly, children, babies \u2013 snatched from their cribs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you\u2019ve rallied for Palestine as part of your march for LGBTQ rights, trans rights, workers rights, socialism, climate change, intersectionality, Black Lives Matter, fighting Islamaphobia and \u2018all forms of racism\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your gullibility would be laughable if it wasn\u2019t so hypocritical. None of those things exist under Hamas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you \u2018love Jewish people \u2013 just hate Israel\u2019, that you have some friends that are Jewish, that maybe you\u2019re ethnically Jewish yourself \u2013 and therefore you\u2019re entitled to levy every libel in the playbook against us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Words matter. They lead to actions. When a lie is repeated often enough it\u2019s accepted as truth. You are laying the groundwork for more attacks against us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you wave the flag of \u2018human rights\u2019, that you\u2019ve become overnight experts in international law, that you shout fancy slogans you don\u2019t understand such as proportionality, occupation and apartheid<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your humanity is selective. In your mind, human rights don\u2019t apply to us because we are undeserving. You didn\u2019t speak up when our women and children were horribly assaulted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care if you think we are colonialists, imperialists and settlers and that we should just go back to where we came from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are back to where we came from<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care if you believe in a one state solution, a two state solution, a federation, an internationalized Jerusalem or any other theory drawn up in your ivory tower<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We won\u2019t readily hold out our necks and endanger our lives in order to satisfy your thought experiments and placate your conscience from afar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care if you consider yourself anti-Zionist but not antisemitic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve seen enough Jews around the world attacked over the last 3 weeks under the guise of \u2018anti-Zionism\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you think we are too powerful, too technologically advanced, too sophisticated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we didn\u2019t build ourselves up to this point we\u2019d get eaten alive by Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Iran and Palestinian terrorism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you blame us for 1948 refugees, for the fact that they have no state, for the keys that they wave in their fantasy of \u2018right of return\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three weeks ago we got a glimpse of what that \u2018return\u2019 looks like and what it means for our children<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care if you think we aren\u2019t real Jews, that Zionism has nothing to do with Judaism, that Jews are a religion and not a nationality and so we deserve no state<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your denials have zero impact on the strength of our ideals and the self-affirmation of our identity<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you accuse us of flaunting the myriad of UN resolutions, inquiries and statements<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They reflect more on the institutional decay of the UN than on us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care about your media coverage, the lies, the equivocation, the acceptance of Hamas talking points and statistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You echo chamber is just a another weapon in their strategic arsenal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you accused us of bombing the Al Ahli hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was only a matter of time before you found a symbol for Israel\u2019s wickedness. The subsequent retractions were a fig leaf once the truth emerged that Islamic Jihad was responsible and that the hospital is still standing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you see us as a criminal state, a terror state, usurpers, baby killers, Christ killers, Khaybar Jews or any other depravity that exists in your mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your libels lay the groundwork for our dehumanization. Rings a bell. We will fight it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you\u2019ve inverted the truth by accusing us of genocide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If positions were reversed and Hamas held the power we do now, you\u2019d see what a genocide looks like<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you\u2019re angry, boiling and outraged<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you\u2019re glued to your TV screens and Telegram channels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care that you\u2019re mad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re out on the street, waving your flag and chanting your slogans<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We won\u2019t die silently the way you want us to<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time in 2,000 years we are organized, we are motivated and we will defend ourselves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We fight for light over darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morality over evil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not that it matters to you \u2013 but we will stick to the rules and hold the high moral ground not because you expect it from us, but because they are a value for us<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will do so ethically and thoughtfully, for we are the People of the Book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our power and strength are our necessity, because the alternative for us is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be\u2019eri, Kfar Aza, Pittsburgh, Toulouse, Farhud, Hebron, Birkenau, Belzec, Babi Yar, Kristalnacht, Kielce and Kishinev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you think for a moment that we would return to that reality just to make you feel a little better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are deeply mistaken\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For so, so long, I really, deeply cared<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cared about fitting in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cared about what you think<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cared about being a model citizen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cared about setting a personal example of how a tiny people in a tough neighborhood could still be a Light unto the Nations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the world\u2019s oldest minority \u2013 now a majority here \u2013 could treat its own internal minorities par excellence amidst the complicated and messy reality of ethnic conflict<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we could painfully dismember parts of our homeland and offer them on the platter of peace to Palestinians that want neither peace nor some parts (they want all of it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we could dazzle you with USB sticks, drip irrigation, operating system kernels, Nobel Prize winners, swallowable medical cameras, deep tech, quantum mechanics, generative AI and cures for disease<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now I\u2019m finally accepting that you don\u2019t care<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You never did<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t see and you don\u2019t hear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And because I cared about what you think so much, that so deeply hurts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you don\u2019t have my best interests at heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You take issue with my base identity, with what I represent<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t expect me to wait for your approval this time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t matter what I do, you\u2019re not going to change<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t matter how I act, because your issue is with who I am<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I\u2019m going to block out your noise, and do what it takes to win this war<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today
Finally
I no longer care<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published for the first time at the Times of Israel on October 30, 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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