Support to Israel needs to cease
I had originally started a much longer and more didactic version of this kind of post, in good part centered on the analysis and criticism of a special interest of mine. But I am tired and angry and afraid and the war is escalating more and more, so I will keep this briefer and more focused for the time being, because this needs to get out of me.
The wars Israel is waging need to cease. Any kind of support to Israel needs to cease.
This has been true for a long while. It still feels, unbelievably, more important to be said with each passing day.
If you can, please keep educating yourself and others notably about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even by starting with some very efficiently condensed sources such as here or here. Please read about how horrible Zionism is. Please beware of any person who would prevent you from condemning a warmongering settler ethnostate by trying to leverage antisemitism against you.
If you have opportunities to do so, support Palestine, notably in being vocal about the genocide Israel is committing. If you can, rally and march against the wars Israel is waging on its neighbors, and notably the most recent attacks against Iran - that the US just started bombing today too.
Words feel too small, faced with all that is happening. Words have felt too small for a while now. I still feel compelled to write these in a situation where it feels like the world is ending every week.
... Yet to be bleakly honest, maybe there is not necessarily much you can actively do, more than what you are already doing to get through life. And in that case, as difficult as it is, you should not wreck yourself over the necessity to change this world - you still need to live, and you still need moments of joy. I wish you to enjoy whatever you need that helps you survive and take care of other beings around you.
But also, amidst the horrors, be it through donating, marching, reading or sharing, I hope you can find the strength to fight back, one way or another.