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Al Jazeera
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Alasdair Soussi

‘Not in my name’: The European Jews condemning Israel’s war on Gaza

Jonathan Ofir, an Israeli-born Jewish musician, conductor and writer based in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is also a pro-Palestinian protester critical of Israel's bombardment of Gaza [Al Jazeera/Reinhard Wilting]

When Jonathan Ofir heard the West-led chorus of vehement condemnations of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, coupled with a flood of statements supporting the country’s right — in effect — to retaliate, he feared he knew what that meant.

“That is, a green light for Israel to carry out a much larger massacre than the one they were revenging,” said the Jewish musician, conductor and writer.

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