Canadian-Israeli. Executive Director: JSpaceCanada. 2021 Israel Policy Forum convener. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/maytalkowalski.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/maytalkowalski.bsky.social/post/3lbhyjidkob2eAbsolutely wild to fight for decades for self-determination and sovereignty, for the rights and responsibilities of all other nation-states in the family of nations, and then act aghast when you're asked to uphold said responsibilities. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Nov 2024 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:uzvdixbbfvckceztxkuggcae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhyjidkob2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/maytalkowalski.bsky.social/post/3lbd4lsxlaj2vHey, remember that time I was fired from my job at the Jewish Federation because I said that because we love Israel, we should do more to oppose the judicial overhaul? Gtfo with these orgs being "neutral" already. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:uzvdixbbfvckceztxkuggcae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbd4lsxlaj2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maytalkowalski.bsky.social/post/3lbctf7ohix2eThis is partially our doing though. As many diaspora Jews realized their misalignment with the organized community, we simply walked away. Therefore, the median leader doesn't need to, and isn't trying to appeal to us, they're trying to appeal to their 6 big donors, who are also open Kahanists. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2024 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:uzvdixbbfvckceztxkuggcae/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbctf7ohix2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/maytalkowalski.bsky.social/post/3k7w4ziju2o2zWhile there are certainly criticisms to be made of the diaspora pro-democracy protest movement, how it has shifted the paradigm of the israel-diaspora relationship cannot be understated. Summed up, as always, perfectly here by @abesilbe.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Sep 2023 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:uzvdixbbfvckceztxkuggcae/app.bsky.feed.post/3k7w4ziju2o2z