I'm a jew and I have a question
Hi, I'm here as a jew to ask a genuine question about my identity and to get the opinion of Palestinians about the matter as I'm not looking to disrespect the community.
I'm an ethnically Jewish person(not religious) who grew up in occupied Palestine/"israel" in the galilee near tarshiha, I grew up in a culturally Jewish family with deep roots in Palestine, I am from the Abu hasira family and our story is quite extensive but to make it short, we lived in Palestine up untill 1600 when some of our ancestors left to Morocco to help the Jewish community, even though we left Palestine we always felt like it was still our home and that the stay in Morocco would be temporary, my ancestors tried to return to Palestinians a lot before Zionism existing, and we didn't come to steal like the Zionists did, we came back to our established home in Palestine as part of the people of the land.
we also have a known connection to the Abu hasira family in Gaza, we both share the same story of our ancestors. being aware of relatives in Gaza made it even more painful to see what the Zionists are doing to Palestinians.
regarding my views, I'm very pro Palestine and anti Zionist, I want one Palestinian state where we can return to old times my blood still remembers where EVERY Palestinian was equal, where we worked our land together, where our children played together.. just thinking about what Palestine could've been makes me emotional.
because of my views I feel very outcasted from the Israeli society, the racism I witness against Palestinians everyday makes my blood boil, seeing people laughing at the nakkba and the genocide in Gaza and the occupation and settlers abuse In the west bank makes it impossible for me to have any connection to those people. from time to time I educate Israelis as much as I can but I feel like I'm talking to a wall, no empathy, no regret of what they have done, nothing.
My question is regarding my identity, Can I, as a person who grew up outside of Palestinian culture but has a connection to the land and alignment of views with the Palestinian community, consider myself a Palestinian jew? and if so, can I learn about the culture from Palestinians and maybe respectfully participate in it? I really don't want to be disrespectful towards a community I hold dear to my heart and think about every day.
I genuinely want to hear Palestinians answer this because my situation is quite complicated and I do "enjoy" rights and privilege that Palestinian Muslims and christians do not get to benefit from.
I get a lot of support from Palestinians which warms my heart, please be honest with me.
stay safe and free Palestine 🇵🇸