IDF and Chem War on UN Peacekeepers
The End of Judaism
Agamben: One cannot understand the meaning of what is happening in Israel today if one does not understand that Zionism constitutes a double negation of the historical reality of Judaism. Not only does Zionism represent the culmination of that process of assimilation which, starting from the end of the 18th century, has progressively erased Jewish identity, in fact, in that it transfers the Christian nation-state to the Jews. What is decisive is that, as Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin has shown in an exemplary study, the foundation of Zionist consciousness is another negation, the negation of Galut, that is, of exile as a principle common to all historical forms of Judaism as we know it. The premises of the concept of exile are prior to the destruction of the Second Temple and are already present in biblical literature. Exile is the very form of the existence of the Jews on earth and the entire Jewish tradition, from the Mishnah to the Talmud, from the architecture of the synagogue to the memory of biblical events, was conceived and lived in the perspective of exile. For an Orthodox Jew, even the Jews who live in the state of Israel are in exile. And the State according to the Torah, which the Jews await with the coming of the Messiah, has nothing to do with a modern national state, so much so that at its center are precisely the reconstruction of the Temple and the restoration of the sacrifices, which the state of Israel does not even want to hear about. And it is good not to forget that exile according to Judaism is not only the condition of the Jews, but concerns the defective condition of the world in its integrity. According to some Kabbalists, including Luria, exile defines the very situation of the divinity, which created the world by exiling itself from itself and this exile will last until the advent of the Tiqqun, that is, the restoration of the original order.
It is precisely this unreserved acceptance of exile, with the rejection it entails of every present form of statehood, that establishes the superiority of the Jews over the religions and peoples that have compromised themselves with the State. The Jews are, together with the Gypsies, the only people who have rejected the state form, have not waged wars and have never stained themselves with the blood of other peoples.
By denying exile and diaspora at their roots in the name of a national state, Zionism has therefore betrayed the very essence of Judaism. We should not be surprised then if this removal has produced another exile, that of the Palestinians and has led the state of Israel to identify itself with the most extreme and ruthless forms of the modern nation-state. The tenacious claim of history, from which the diaspora according to the Zionists would have excluded the Jews, goes in the same direction. But this could mean that Judaism, which did not die in Auschwitz, perhaps knows its end today.
September 30, 2024
I watched an interview with David Icke last night. I've never been a huge fan of Icke, but I believe he nailed every point.
At one juncture, he characterizes the current cult in charge of the Israeli government as Sabbatian or the complete inversion of Judaism. The other curious but fascinating aspect of Zionism/Sabbatianism is that these are ideas and stances as opposed to religions. People need to disencumber their ideas with this notion about religions. After all, Evangelical Christians are well captured apologists for Zionism. They have no clue, unfortunately, that Zionism is the inversion of any true Christian feelings. This lack of awareness is their current Achilles' heel.
Icke pointed toward this idea, which I wish more people would consider: although the Jews in Israel suffer less physically at this point than the Palestinians in Gaza (my point), their heads are both equally put on the chopping block (Icke's point). The current Israeli .gov showed quite clearly that they have no regard for their citizens nor move from any compassionate stance by refusing to deal with Hamas and negotiate hostage exchanges. Their intent has always been annihilation. Just as Hamas ostensibly (for I believe Oct. 7 was a joint operation of Zionists and Zionist Hamas members) has precipitated unbelievable suffering upon the Palestinian people, so, too, Jews will suffer the ultimate torment because Zionism is the inversion of Judaism. Zionists=Sabbatians care naught for people. They crave power and dominion.