βWe must imagine and advocate for a world where Palestine is free of state-sanctioned violence and Palestinians no longer live under occupation. Settler-colonialism is the root of the ongoing violence weβve witnessed in Gaza. If radical love calls us to radical honesty, we must not turn away from the violence of settler-colonialism and how it has sowed the seeds of suffering and deathβ¦
We do not call for a free Palestine without recognizing the global harm of antisemitism. The generational trauma of the Holocaust and continued antisemitic violence impacts Jewish people every dayβ¦
Many well-intentioned people, including people in our faith, say this moment is so complicated that they canβt possibly imagine speaking out. We understand and echo the genuine concern about not saying something harmful. However, silence and neutrality in times of violence have too high a cost and have harmful consequences. Radical love means showing up in times of injustice, even imperfectly. This is a time to engage whatever means of power and voice you have to speak out and speak up.β
Read the full statement from BLUU at: https://bit.ly/47fLqKR.
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