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Seeing the Real Israel Destroys the Dehumanizing Myths that Dominate in Ireland
(Jewish News-UK) Rachel Ann Moiselle - Growing up in Dublin, you would be forgiven for believing that Israel is a "white colonizer entity": one composed of evil beings and on the brink of destruction. Walking last week through the streets of Tel Aviv filled with people of every color impresses upon you just how delusional this dangerous, hateful fantasy is. These people are living the wildest dreams of their ancestors, unburdened by having to explain themselves to a world that has inflicted devastation upon the Jewish people across generations and continents. This is what sovereignty and self-determination after a millennia of persecution look like. Dublin is and always will be my beloved home. However, the reality is that vicious anti-Israel sentiment has become a normalized and insidiously suffocating background hum. Since Oct. 7, I have lost Irish friends that I have had since childhood. What a relief it was to be in Tel Aviv around people who understand. Tel Aviv is filled with photos and banners of the hostages and graffiti calling for them to be brought home. You cannot walk three minutes without seeing something related to the Israelis who remain in Hamas captivity. The immense love for the hostages (and the raw pain that they are still not free) is ever present.