Michel Kichka is a cartoonist borne in Belgium with Jewish roots, who became intrigued with Israel, and decided to do a permanent move, marrying and raising a family there with his French wife.

* “Aliyah” is a somewhat complicated word as I grasp it, but from what I understand at the basic level, refers to going back to one’s roots / homeland.

-----> https://imgur.com/a/kjMohrs <-----

The way the sequence above concluded really shocked me, and even brought a tear to my eye, honestly. Me, I’m not remotely used to dealing with people like that, and yet I guess that’s how it works in certain parts of the world? (gadzooks, mistress goose)

In terms of the comic itself, I found this sequence rather current & relevant to the USA, and a pretty excellent, interesting survey of the artist’s life and Israeli culture. At the same time, it established little to no emotional connection with the characters, which is usually how we do these things, but… oh well?

https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-23699-BD-Kichka-Michel.html

EDIT: As we’ve clarified multiple times here, this story snippet has to do with neighborhood relations in an Israeli city. It is by no means addressing anything on a national basis, including Israeli relations with other peoples or nations. Attempts to highjack the thread in that direction directly breaks our #1 rule here (practice netiquette) and will be dealt with accordingly. Thank you for your cooperation.

  • @[email protected]OPMEnglish
    2•14 days ago

    You make some nice points to me. Not unlike what happened in the USA, altho I’m not perfectly from the States.

    BUT you just skipped over the enormous points I brought up at the start. Now why is that…?

    • mathemachristian[he]English
      0•13 days ago

      The point about how israel wouldn’t be necessary if jews weren’t persecuted? I think I made it clear that the persecution was used as a cudgel to move bodies to the colony, not that the colony was established as a safe haven for jews.

      Because if it truly was about helping jews the racism against non-white jews wouldn’t exist.

      • @[email protected]OPMEnglish
        1•13 days ago

        I think I made it clear that the persecution was used as a cudgel to move bodies to the colony

        You see, when in retrospect, that stuff doesn’t matter when a peoples are pushed over and across their breaking point.

        Take a little mouse, for example. Let’s say you smack it around for a long while, then finally push it in to a corner. Then you lean in for a kiss.

        OF COURSE YOU’RE GOING TO GET BITTEN?

        Don’t you get it? (even at just a… theoretical level)