One of the most damaging things israel has done (aside from killing entire school districts worth of children) has been the disastrous PR the jewish community.

Israelis basically go out of their way to tell everyone that they represent the will of all jews and will attack jews who object to this war. I know several jews personally who are horrified by whats going on in gaza including a few who are afraid to speak out because of the way more outspoken members of their community are being targeted. One I know was banned from a jewish reddit he frequented because he had the nerve to point out that palestinians used the watermelon because they were not allowed to display their flag.

But to also point out, nettenyahu himself funded Hamas's campaign so that they'd win against the PLO because nettenyahu himself is a staunch authoritarian and relies on the existential threat posed by israel's enemies in order to secure his power. Its a matter of record now that egypt had intel about the impending oct 7 attacks and warned Israel ahead of time only to have nettenyahu sit on that info and do nothing.

But what do I know, I'll probably be flagged for this post anyway.

From the article:

> The larp concluded, and a half-hour decompression began. We talked about what had happened and what our characters might have done next, then sat for a live Zoom call with Fatima AbdulKarim, a Palestinian larper living in the West Bank. Fatima saw larp as a way for players to imagine what it’d be like to live in a similar situation as Gazans and to understand their feeling of injustice.

> It is worth noting at this point that Seaside Prison was co-created by Mohamad Rabah, a Palestinian. That doesn’t insulate it from criticism, but it should inform any questions about cultural appropriation. Nothing about the larp felt trivial. The larp might give players the false impression they know what it’s like to be in Gaza, but its alternate universe setting and the contextualising videos and Zoom call are all attempts to correct any such misapprehensions.

Of course Palestinians would probably feel more legitimate to make a larp about themselves. An Israeli could do the same to represent their side. If anything, I somewhat would find it quite beautiful to see two larp back to back trying to convey what each other feel. Maybe it would be a form of way to make each other come to an understanding. Sadly, it is very much a childish vision.

If they roleplayed the Israeli side (and no, not "Jewish", those are not the same thing, all Jews are not stand-ins for Israel, thank you), someone like you would have dunked that they "spoke in their place"/"stole their voice" and had no legitimacy to do so.

(Oh, by the way, any indication that nobody roleplayed the Israeli side? Or are you just taking offense from supputations about something you know little about? Talk about "dunking" on "apriori"...)