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JL;DR SUMMARY Liel Leibovitz argues that the May 2021 escalation in Israeli-Palestinian tensions marked a significant shift in discourse, creating a binary divide between Zionists and anti-Zionists. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityZionismPalestiniansSocial MediaIntersectionalityAnti ZionismJewish Self DeterminationCommunal LifeMay 2021

Places mentioned

Israel
"Weve lived through skirmishes between Israelis and Palestinians before, but May 2021 felt different."
West Hollywood, California, United States
"Or that mini-pogroms are popping up everywhere from West Hollywood to the Upper East Side, with mobs attacking Jews indiscriminately."
Upper East Side, New York, United States
"Or that mini-pogroms are popping up everywhere from West Hollywood to the Upper East Side, with mobs attacking Jews indiscriminately."
United States
"the total number of people killed in Chicago last year."
Syria
"when the Syrian civil war has claimed 400,000 lives in 10 years"

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