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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Jul 3

Found in the 'Jewish' news.

Couldn't think of anything less Jewish than encouraging people to join a fascist army enacting a genocide.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Most were shot multiple times - some at close range, including in the back or the head.

Forensic evidence and human rights investigations (including a UN fact-finding mission) found that at least six of the deaths were likely extrajudicial executions.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Jun 9

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Watching footage of the Madleen being raided, it's impossible to forget the 2010 flotilla, the Mavi Marmara, where IOF fascists murdered 10 activists for the crime of bringing aid to Gaza.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Fascism isn’t for debate. It’s a fire. Stamp it out fast, before it spreads.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 30

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That’s what they want. It makes its way to the Daily Mail, Sky News, and suddenly it’s a “debate.”

Just look at how fascist rhetoric flows into Peter Dutton’s talking points, like with the “Welcome to Country” backlash. He’s riding their wave.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Some food for thought:

Stop giving neo-Nazis free wins with their lazy bait. Got a fascist flyer in the mail? Don’t post it. Bin it.

By all means, share it privately for safety and awareness. Tear it up. Burn it. But posting their propaganda just helps it spread. Outrage is still engagement.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

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This year, we honour the story by refusing its misuse.
By listening. Showing up. Rooting our rituals in solidarity, not supremacy.
Placing our stories alongside, not above.

From the narrow place, we don't move toward conquest, but toward collective freedom.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

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We are taught to mourn even our oppressors.
But today we’re told to stay silent as others are bombed, displaced, starved.
We’re told to call it defence. We’re told to look away.

We refuse.

Liberation built on domination is not liberation.
It’s apartheid. It cannot be done in our name.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

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This isn’t about making our past sacred. It’s about refusing to ignore the present.

Because oppression today doesn’t live in metaphor.
It lives in Gaza, under siege. In the West Bank, under occupation. In refugee camps, in exile, in rubble.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

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This Peysakh, we return to a story of liberation. But we don’t stop at our own.

The rituals remind us that freedom is not a possession, it’s a commitment.
A memory that insists we act in the face of oppression, not just remember it.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

This Peysakh remember that diaspora is not exile. It's where we learned solidarity.

We come from a people who smashed idols, crossed seas, and defied kings. We are not here to be tools of empire.

May matzo turn to Ash in zionist's mouths.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

The seder tells us to mourn Egyptian lives lost—even as we celebrate freedom. Zionism tells us to dehumanise Palestinians, to call genocide “security.”

This is not Judaism. This is not safety. This is fascism wrapped in a tallit.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

Zionism has hijacked that story to justify genocide. It weaponises trauma to turn Jews into oppressors. And now, as bombs fall and babies starve in Gaza, we’re told to sit quietly and eat bitter herbs like nothing’s wrong.

But liberation for some is not liberation.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Apr 12

This Peysakh, we remember: our liberation story is not a Zionist fairytale. The Exodus wasn’t about founding an ethnostate. It was about breaking free from empire. Our ancestors fled, not to dominate, not to colonise, but to imagine freedom beyond Pharaohs.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 26

Apologies, the framing of this thread is needlessly vague and implies universities have directly adopted IHRA which is false. Precision in our posting is important, so need to clarify that these policies are based on IHRA, but not as strict. Dangerous nonetheless.

Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Australian universities adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism isn’t about protecting Jewish people - it’s about suppressing criticism of Israel. This is a direct attack on free speech and academic freedom.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 26

Apologies, the framing of this thread is needlessly vague and implies universities have directly adopted IHRA which is false. Precision in our posting is important, so need to clarify that these policies are based on IHRA, but not as strict. Dangerous nonetheless.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Universities: Do better. Drop the IHRA definition. Stand for free speech, human rights, and real solidarity.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Our liberation is tied to Palestinian liberation. The IHRA definition serves power, not justice. We refuse to let our identity be used to justify violence.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Jews against fascism means Jews against colonialism. It means standing in solidarity with oppressed people everywhere. And it means fighting for a future free of all forms of racism, including antisemitism

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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We stand with those resisting apartheid and occupation. We stand against the weaponisation of antisemitism to silence dissent. And we call on Australian universities to reject the IHRA definition and stand on the side of justice.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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When universities prioritise protecting a state over protecting free speech and the safety of their own students, they betray their supposed commitment to academic integrity and human rights.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Let’s be clear: Zionism is not Judaism. The attempt to equate them puts all Jews at risk by making us responsible for the actions of a violent state. This alignment with colonialism and ethno-nationalism fuels antisemitism, not fights it.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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The IHRA definition shields Israel from accountability, even as it commits war crimes. And the institutions adopting it are complicit in the repression of students, staff, and activists speaking up for Palestinian liberation.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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As Jewish antifascists, we reject this weaponisation of antisemitism. We know what real antisemitism looks like - it’s the far-right violence, the conspiracy theories, the white nationalism. Criticism of a state committing apartheid isn’t it.

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Jews Against Fascism ☂️ @jewsagainstfash.bsky.social · Feb 25

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The IHRA definition conflates antisemitism with anti-Zionism - a POLITICAL ideology. It criminalises legitimate critique of Israel’s policies and silences Palestinians and their allies. This isn’t about fighting hate, it’s about protecting a colonial project.

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