When MK Ahmad Tibi proposed a bill in the Knesset outlawing the denial of the Nakba, and in support of promoting Palestinian equality and a sense of collective and individual belonging, based on my March 28 post, I was filled with pride, hoping that such a proposal will serve as the beginning of a long and difficult process of tikkun (repair) in Zionist ideology.
However, when even such a simple and humanistic bill was turned by the Knesset's president into an existential threat on the state of Israel, so much so that Tibi's bill was not even allowed to be brought to a vote, I was filled with shame. At the same time I have realized that it really is time for Jewish Israelis to say their farewell prayer to Zionism.
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