Israel... a system surviving on people’s dispossession does not bring safety

“Zionism – anchoring our survival to a nation-state built on another people’s dispossession – has not brought us safety. October 7 was a painful reminder that no one can be secure while others live under siege.

“The very act of oppressing others has changed us as a people. Our boots may be on their necks, but those same boots also shackle our feet…

“I now build within a new Jewish community – one which sees Judaism as diaspora and solidarity, not unquestioning support for a state. One that resists the conscription of our symbols into violence, the twisting of our history into justification for murder. One that sees Never Again as a promise, not a threat.”