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'Zionist-free zone': Israelis are increasingly unwanted at global tourism sites (www.haaretz.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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From a hotel in Kyoto to a sandwich joint in Edinburgh, the world is becoming hostile toward Israelis who are learning that a vacation won't shield them from the Gaza war.

During the nine months of war the Israeli tourist experience abroad has been marked by fears of antisemitism and efforts to avoid pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

According to reports by Israeli media and posts online, some of those worries have recently turned real for a number of Israeli tourists.Anecdotal incidents at touristic locations around the world are making it clear that even though there is no official policy of excluding Israelis, that is sometimes the situation on the ground.

An especially bumpy week began on June 17 at the Material Hotel in Kyoto, Japan, when an Israeli named Alex was informed that his reservation had been canceled due to the allegations of Israeli war crimes in Gaza. The Material told Alex that it was "not able to accept reservations from persons we believe might have ties to the Israeli army," as reported by Israeli website Ynet.

The story made the rounds on social media, produced a stern protest letter from Israel's ambassador in Tokyo, and led to a rebuke by the Kyoto municipality that the hotel had breached Japanese business law and must ensure that such a transgression won't happen again.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I notice similar things as well, in that my personal expirences with them, comapred to average US population, US Jews seem to be far more informed on whats happening and far more likely to have at least harsh critisizm for Isreal. Part of why I really hate people conflating the two in order to spread hate.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Not to rain on your experience, but aren't a lot of Zionists in the illegal land settlements also Americans, and aren't a lot of the Jewish people participating in "birthright trips" also American?

US Jewish populations are actually really polarized on this topic, they aren't a monolith. There is definitely more of an age/generational divide regarding Zionism in Jewish communities than a nationality split.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I am very much in contact with the younger, far more left leaning crowd, so my experience is definitely skewed against basically anything modern Israel has done.

I do know a couple loud mouthed older generational Jewish folk who would like nothing more than for Israel to be the dominant power on the planet, and will have no issue telling you that you deserve torture and torment for literally infinite time (hell) for even vocally supporting Palestinians.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's why I compare against the average American.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There's a lot of people in this world who get what they want when other people can't separate the two in their minds.