
As someone who is Persian, I’ve personally refrained from using the Iranian flag anywhere, literally anywhere. Very proud to be Persian, but really do not want anyone to confuse my pride with me supporting the Iranian government because obviously that is not the case. Not saying u shouldn’t use the Israeli flag in your bio, just saying maybe these issues aren’t because you’re from Israel, but more because people interpret the flag in your bio as support for Israel’s current actions?
I don’t really understand what people want Israelis to do. Say your family has lived there for 5 generations, you can’t say Israeli because people don’t like that. You also definitely can’t say Palestinian because that’s just not true. So what? You’re just nothing lol? Suddenly you have to refer to yourself 6 generations back? Idk I think simply calling yourself an Israeli shouldn’t put you in a political box. It’s rooted in anti semitism because no one thinks that way when you say
Completely agree. I’m tired of people saying Jews are overreacting. People also say we need to chill when we see straight up Nazi rhetoric because “most people don’t think that.” I saw this on a post yesterday of someone saying Hitler wasn’t even that bad and when I responded someone said “it literally only has 9 upvotes.”
Are they not your friend bc you're Jewish or bc you're a proud Israeli? There is a difference… To draw a parallel. I'm American but I'm not proud. The US is doing horrible things. I don't put an American flag in my bio because it is not worth being patriotic about. I'm not Israeli but I imagine if the world came to the conclusion that Israeli was committing gcide—which it has come to that conclusion—I would also not put an Israeli flag in my bio Why do you still have it there?