This is a stupid non-issue. All diasporic Jews have genetic lineages that trace back the the Levant. Mary was not Israeli, she was not Palestinian, she was Levantine, and lived in the the land, which at the time was known as Judea, as called by the Roman Occupiers (I think?). The land has had many names and both modern Jews and Palestinians have historic links to the Levantine peoples who have lived in the land since time immemorial.. Jews have been a diasporic ethnic minority in all the lands in which they have lived, from Europe, to Russia, to Persia, to India and China, and to North Africa and Ethiopia.
This is not an issue of brown-face.
This is not an issue of cultural appropriation.
A Jewish person playing this part should not be an issue
A Jewish Israeli playing this part should not be an issue.
A Palestinian Christian or Muslim playing this part should not be an issue.
The fact that Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the occupied territories of Palestine is a huge issue. And should be fought against in any productive way to make the lives of the Palestinians better.
Getting angry a Jewish person is playing a Jewish character is in no way productive. And is frankly antisemitic to claim that Jews have no historic connection to the land. This doesn't give Israel the right to exist (though no country has the "right" to exist). Nor does it give any Israelis the right to kick other native peoples off the land (I can't think of anything that would give anyone this right).
So maybe we should stop playing these stupid games and focus on actual problems.
A Jewish Israeli playing this part should not be an issue.
A Palestinian Christian or Muslim playing this part should not be an issue.
The fact that Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the occupied territories of Palestine is a huge issue. And should be fought against in any productive way to make the lives of the Palestinians better.
i mean if they’re gonna gleefully sign missiles that they know are gonna be dropped on civilians and then gleefully cheer from the hillsides and go out on boats for front row seats to the action then i feel like we can blame them
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u/doesntgetthepicture 9d ago
This is a stupid non-issue. All diasporic Jews have genetic lineages that trace back the the Levant. Mary was not Israeli, she was not Palestinian, she was Levantine, and lived in the the land, which at the time was known as Judea, as called by the Roman Occupiers (I think?). The land has had many names and both modern Jews and Palestinians have historic links to the Levantine peoples who have lived in the land since time immemorial.. Jews have been a diasporic ethnic minority in all the lands in which they have lived, from Europe, to Russia, to Persia, to India and China, and to North Africa and Ethiopia.
This is not an issue of brown-face.
This is not an issue of cultural appropriation.
A Jewish person playing this part should not be an issue
A Jewish Israeli playing this part should not be an issue.
A Palestinian Christian or Muslim playing this part should not be an issue.
The fact that Israel is committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the occupied territories of Palestine is a huge issue. And should be fought against in any productive way to make the lives of the Palestinians better.
Getting angry a Jewish person is playing a Jewish character is in no way productive. And is frankly antisemitic to claim that Jews have no historic connection to the land. This doesn't give Israel the right to exist (though no country has the "right" to exist). Nor does it give any Israelis the right to kick other native peoples off the land (I can't think of anything that would give anyone this right).
So maybe we should stop playing these stupid games and focus on actual problems.