You are not alone in your discovery that Zionism is based on lies about Jewish supremacy that has caused the death, displacement, starvation, and debasement of Palestinians from before Israel was created. And you are not alone in your pain that comes from rejection of the new and enlightened you by family and friends who consider your newfound courage and integrity to be a betrayal of all that you were conditioned to believe. But it is important for you to reflect on the journey you took to that point and recognize that there are many others - what I would call “closet anti-Zionist Jews” - who are not ready to pay the price that you are paying to “come out” in public. And there are others who have not reached that stage, but might do so with some patient effort on your part. In fact, some of those who most viciously oppose you now may be somewhere along the spectrum of awareness that you passed through. I encourage you to leave books, pamphlets, online links, and other materials for your family and friends to peruse in private – books like Peter Beinart’s "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" or links like Jon Stewart’s interview of Peter Beinart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5kXCdzt_us.
Be patient and perseverant, Daniel. Just as you were inspired by others, you can be an inspiration to family and friends. I wish you well in that endeavor.
Thank you for this thoughtful and generous comment. You're absolutely right that there are many "closet anti-Zionist Jews" who see what I see but aren't yet ready to pay the price of saying so publicly. I hold deep compassion for that position, because I lived in it for years before I spoke.
What I'll say is that these writings are exactly that. They are the books, the breadcrumbs, the trail I'm leaving from the other side. Not just for family and friends, but for anyone still inside the system who needs to hear from someone who was fully in it and walked out. That's the whole purpose of this work.
I appreciate the encouragement and the resources you've shared.
What you describe in your personal journey out of Zionism is strikingly similar to that of Sami Awad's journey out of Christianity. Sami is a Palestinian activist committed to nonviolence, healing and transformation. He was born into a Christian family but says he left Christianity, not to abandon Jesus but to find him. In his book, The Sacred Awakening, he explains what Jesus meant when he said, "I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." He writes: "The sword Jesus speaks of is the blade of truth, slicing through complicity and illusions. .. Jesus wasn't merely reacting to injustice or trying to win battles within the existing system. His resistance confronted the very consciousness giving birth to oppression, the mindset normalising domination, hierarchy and violence. ...Peacemaking, in its essence, is not managing conflict or negotiating with oppressive powers but planting seeds of an entirely different paradigm....Jesus, the ultimate peacemaker, never positioned himself as a mediator between Romans and Jews, Pharisees and Sadducees or Samaritans and Jews. He never engaged in shuttle diplomacy between Rome and Jerusalem to broker an end to the occupation of Palestine. Jesus understood that mediation within the framework of prevailing consciousness only reinforces the very systems that created the conflict."
Thank you for sharing this. The parallel you've drawn is striking, and the way you see these connections across traditions and experiences is a real gift. That quote about the sword of truth slicing through complicity and illusions is exactly what this passage is pointing to. Not conflict for its own sake, but the dismantling of the consciousness that makes oppression feel normal. I'm grateful you brought this into the conversation. It deepens everything.
We have identified with so many things, as you clearly state, and so many times, an identity, is imposed on us by those that love us most. This however is not true love, which is infinite and unbound. True love has no limitations and sees no images. True love is not limiting. Truth which is love, sets us free.
We are all destined to live and experience the conditioned mind however, and that condition is not something to be rejected but to be understood. The conditioned mind is what makes us unique and gives way to the diversity of personalities we are. We gather with others in joy because they like coffee or they life tea, like we do, due to conditioned taste. It is only when our gathering with others, out of conditioned and ignorant choices, begins to spread hate, chaos, sorrow, grief etc. or as you so often state, dehumanizing others, that it becomes a detriment to all humanity's love. Then the possibilities and of course opportunities to be and love amongst the wholeness that we are and the being that we all share, becomes veiled and we fall.
I’m suffering this - I can no longer abide a close partnership
I’m seen as a loony leftie and a jihad Jane
- white guilt etc
This began on the onset of the Gaza massacre .
I saw clearly how all would play out and received so many insights - right up to what is unfolding now.
I saw Trump being re-elected and that a swing of the pendulum to fascism was the true face behind the puppeteer show
I also intuited that Trump will unwittingly reveal so much truth
All this was via deep prayer and using my inner divine sovereighnty
The light will prevail
Delays are occurring due to the failure of some to go within
The programming and propaganda is powerful
Such evil has always occurred via empire - but as we are able now to see all . This time it is different and the divine is giving all a choice to return to him
We can not say we didn’t know .
I pray for those lost in the dark - love thy enemies is very profound at this time .
I’m in N Ireland ( uk due to colonial borders ) and the swing of the pendulum is planned here . But as I intuited
- the UK is being given forewarned and whistleblowing and Epstein release is a catalyst and a test to turn this around .
If uk was a country - it is the granny of the teenage creation USA which has become a Frankenstein alongside Israel .
Uk and European citizens must make a stand and will be a catalyst to assist our brothers and sisters in USA and globally.
Every individuals stance and coherence with divine law matters
Fiona, thank you so much for sharing this. I feel you deeply, and I recognize the cost of what you're describing. Losing a close partnership because you can no longer unsee what you've seen is one of the most painful things a person can go through, and it takes real courage to stay with the truth when the people closest to you call you crazy for it.
I also deeply respect the gift of sight you clearly carry. What you're describing, the prayer, the intuition, the clarity about what was coming before it arrived, is testament to what opens to those who pursue this work.
The beautiful truth is that it's already been won. It's here. There is just the lag of catching up, of the external world rearranging itself to match what is already true.
I'm honored to be connected. Thank you for reading and for being willing to stand where you stand, even when it costs you.
Thank you. I hope you and your family are okay. Here’s what I said when I reposted:
Another beautiful post. It’s the task of all adults to live with integrity. All of us are called to this: no exceptions.
Thank you so much for sharing, we are all on our journeys at the moment. It's a lifelong practice.
You are not alone in your discovery that Zionism is based on lies about Jewish supremacy that has caused the death, displacement, starvation, and debasement of Palestinians from before Israel was created. And you are not alone in your pain that comes from rejection of the new and enlightened you by family and friends who consider your newfound courage and integrity to be a betrayal of all that you were conditioned to believe. But it is important for you to reflect on the journey you took to that point and recognize that there are many others - what I would call “closet anti-Zionist Jews” - who are not ready to pay the price that you are paying to “come out” in public. And there are others who have not reached that stage, but might do so with some patient effort on your part. In fact, some of those who most viciously oppose you now may be somewhere along the spectrum of awareness that you passed through. I encourage you to leave books, pamphlets, online links, and other materials for your family and friends to peruse in private – books like Peter Beinart’s "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" or links like Jon Stewart’s interview of Peter Beinart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5kXCdzt_us.
Be patient and perseverant, Daniel. Just as you were inspired by others, you can be an inspiration to family and friends. I wish you well in that endeavor.
Thank you for this thoughtful and generous comment. You're absolutely right that there are many "closet anti-Zionist Jews" who see what I see but aren't yet ready to pay the price of saying so publicly. I hold deep compassion for that position, because I lived in it for years before I spoke.
What I'll say is that these writings are exactly that. They are the books, the breadcrumbs, the trail I'm leaving from the other side. Not just for family and friends, but for anyone still inside the system who needs to hear from someone who was fully in it and walked out. That's the whole purpose of this work.
I appreciate the encouragement and the resources you've shared.
What you describe in your personal journey out of Zionism is strikingly similar to that of Sami Awad's journey out of Christianity. Sami is a Palestinian activist committed to nonviolence, healing and transformation. He was born into a Christian family but says he left Christianity, not to abandon Jesus but to find him. In his book, The Sacred Awakening, he explains what Jesus meant when he said, "I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." He writes: "The sword Jesus speaks of is the blade of truth, slicing through complicity and illusions. .. Jesus wasn't merely reacting to injustice or trying to win battles within the existing system. His resistance confronted the very consciousness giving birth to oppression, the mindset normalising domination, hierarchy and violence. ...Peacemaking, in its essence, is not managing conflict or negotiating with oppressive powers but planting seeds of an entirely different paradigm....Jesus, the ultimate peacemaker, never positioned himself as a mediator between Romans and Jews, Pharisees and Sadducees or Samaritans and Jews. He never engaged in shuttle diplomacy between Rome and Jerusalem to broker an end to the occupation of Palestine. Jesus understood that mediation within the framework of prevailing consciousness only reinforces the very systems that created the conflict."
Thank you for sharing this. The parallel you've drawn is striking, and the way you see these connections across traditions and experiences is a real gift. That quote about the sword of truth slicing through complicity and illusions is exactly what this passage is pointing to. Not conflict for its own sake, but the dismantling of the consciousness that makes oppression feel normal. I'm grateful you brought this into the conversation. It deepens everything.
Thank you Daniel, always inspiring.
We have identified with so many things, as you clearly state, and so many times, an identity, is imposed on us by those that love us most. This however is not true love, which is infinite and unbound. True love has no limitations and sees no images. True love is not limiting. Truth which is love, sets us free.
We are all destined to live and experience the conditioned mind however, and that condition is not something to be rejected but to be understood. The conditioned mind is what makes us unique and gives way to the diversity of personalities we are. We gather with others in joy because they like coffee or they life tea, like we do, due to conditioned taste. It is only when our gathering with others, out of conditioned and ignorant choices, begins to spread hate, chaos, sorrow, grief etc. or as you so often state, dehumanizing others, that it becomes a detriment to all humanity's love. Then the possibilities and of course opportunities to be and love amongst the wholeness that we are and the being that we all share, becomes veiled and we fall.
Thank you for this. I always appreciate how you're able to map these things out with such clarity from your own journey and work. It's a real gift.
Likewise, friend.
Bravo for your courage and integrity 👏
Thank you for reading and for your encouragement.
This is so resonant and synchronistic to me.
I’m suffering this - I can no longer abide a close partnership
I’m seen as a loony leftie and a jihad Jane
- white guilt etc
This began on the onset of the Gaza massacre .
I saw clearly how all would play out and received so many insights - right up to what is unfolding now.
I saw Trump being re-elected and that a swing of the pendulum to fascism was the true face behind the puppeteer show
I also intuited that Trump will unwittingly reveal so much truth
All this was via deep prayer and using my inner divine sovereighnty
The light will prevail
Delays are occurring due to the failure of some to go within
The programming and propaganda is powerful
Such evil has always occurred via empire - but as we are able now to see all . This time it is different and the divine is giving all a choice to return to him
We can not say we didn’t know .
I pray for those lost in the dark - love thy enemies is very profound at this time .
I’m in N Ireland ( uk due to colonial borders ) and the swing of the pendulum is planned here . But as I intuited
- the UK is being given forewarned and whistleblowing and Epstein release is a catalyst and a test to turn this around .
If uk was a country - it is the granny of the teenage creation USA which has become a Frankenstein alongside Israel .
Uk and European citizens must make a stand and will be a catalyst to assist our brothers and sisters in USA and globally.
Every individuals stance and coherence with divine law matters
Our very thoughts matter .
Thank you for this post 🌟
Fiona, thank you so much for sharing this. I feel you deeply, and I recognize the cost of what you're describing. Losing a close partnership because you can no longer unsee what you've seen is one of the most painful things a person can go through, and it takes real courage to stay with the truth when the people closest to you call you crazy for it.
I also deeply respect the gift of sight you clearly carry. What you're describing, the prayer, the intuition, the clarity about what was coming before it arrived, is testament to what opens to those who pursue this work.
The beautiful truth is that it's already been won. It's here. There is just the lag of catching up, of the external world rearranging itself to match what is already true.
I'm honored to be connected. Thank you for reading and for being willing to stand where you stand, even when it costs you.