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
Sensitive topic for sure
Blaze, you know I love you, but if everything that has to do with Israel is automatically controversial, then what is the point of snipping little aspects of our lives?
This is the point where I say: "go fluff yourselves, right?"
Israel is built on genocide, it's perpretaing genocide, it's only propped up by the US because it's profitable for it to do so. Yeah everything about it is controversial, not least of all it's appropiation of judaism.
A modern Israel never would have been necessary if Jewish people hadn't been unfairly persecuted for centuries and then genocided in WWII, a good bit of that due to bullshit literature like "PEZ," that sought to find external scapegoats for internal, national difficulties.
Regardless of all these comments, there's simply no good reason to start slinging shit in a post examining interpersonal conflicts within Israel. You are breaking the simple rules of this sublemmy (follow "netiquette"), and I don't appreciate it.