Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 14, 2016, 02:07 PM - Edit history (3)
It's not about settlements and occupation to you - it's about ending the Jewish state entirely - even if that means a Palestinian majority which then elects Hamas to lead a totalitarian fascist regime with a minority of Jews at their mercy.
You simply don't support a Jewish state. Which would be fine if you're against indigenous rights & Jews didn't actually need one to assure our safety, given the history of several thousand years of Jew hatred. You need to realize Jews will not be rationally persuaded or bullied BDS style into going back in time to when we were minorities in EVERY single country and hopeful that our security was assured as a minority (which it never was). It's not happening. Especially during these times when antisemitism is spiking worldwide to levels not seen since the WW2 period. Even in the best democracies today, Jews are increasingly hiding their Jewishness in order to not only be accepted by others, but to be safe. If so-called progressives don't get why a Jewish Israel is important to Jews worldwide, they never will. They don't give a shit, so they can all go to hell. THIS is a major reason why BDS is considered antisemitic by most Jews and by liberal democracies the world over.
As to the end of settlements, you're twisting yourself into a pretzel as you've stated recently you support land swaps. So what's your position now?
My point is, you're all over the place - seemingly against occupation and settlements but really just against a Jewish state. You're so inconsistent, I can't trust what you write here.
I can only surmise you are for 2 states; one that is exclusively Palestinian and racist to the core w/o a Jew remaining in it (after settlements are gone) and another state that eventually becomes another Palestinian state due to unlimited right of return.
Is that it? I think you seriously underestimate the IQ of the majority of Jews worldwide who know what that would mean for the safety of Jews worldwide.