Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Yes, anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)It's been proven to you over and over and over again that Israel does not EQUAL "The Jews". It's simply a state that claims to be Jewish. It isn't synonymous with Jews and almost no one who disagrees with what it does to Palestinians does so out of malice towards Jews. And you know it. The survival of the world's Jewish communities does not hinge on the Israeli side defeating the Palestinians and having dominance over Palestine.
Resisting the Israeli occupation of the West Bank is no different than resisting any other occupation anywhere else. Why is it that you can't accept that? It's just about not wanting to be dominated by somebody else. That wish isn't prejudice. All military occupations are unjust, wherever they happen in the world. The last just one ended when the Allied got out of Germany in the early Fifties. None that's occurred since then is comparable.
And you can't seriously be arguing that Palestinians should have to submit to the Occupation just to prove they aren't bigots.