You're wasting your time because he won't change his. It's obvious to anyone without bias that anti-Zionism has nothing to do with opposition against jews or even Jewish statehood at this point. It's easy to weaponize definitions though and that's a tool too often used to curtail criticism. No matter the term or slogan used it's called anti-Semitic.
If there were no occupation or persecution involved there would be no anti-zionist movement. That's an inconvenient truth though for those pushing a defence. I personally prefer not to cite the term zionist as it's lazy anyway, better to call the state and government exactly what it is, a terrorist apartheid government.
for what it's worth. I don't agree with Israeli policy and I think Netanyahu is deplorable.
A Zionist is someone who strives for a Jewish state and that the Jewish people should have the right to self-determination.
So by being a self-declared "Anti Zionist" you admit that you do not believe Jews are entitled to a state for themselves. Even though every single other major religion can self determine in a country of their own.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...sts-chanted-in-birmingham-university-protest/
See article. There's an image of some students on a University campus (with the largest Jewish body in the UK) holding a massive sign saying "Zionists off our campus". Apparently chanting "Death to Zionists".
By your logic, this is not antisemitic. Because she says "Zionists", not "Jews". But Israel is the only Jewish state in the World. Most Jews in the diaspora have friends/family living in Israel, it is a place of immense significance to Jews around the world. So the two are inextricably linked.
The sign might as well just say "Jews off our campus", because the vast majority of Jews in the diaspora believe in the notion that Jewish people have the right to their own homeland and self-determination.
To me, it is just antisemitism masked as "anti-Zionism". As per the poster yesterday thinking you can just change the word from "Jew" to "Zionist" so that you can justify using stereotypical antisemitic tropes.
Anti-Zionism is opposition to a Jewish state. Because Zionism is the pursuit of a Jewish state.
For example, if I held up a sign on campus saying "Arabs off our campus" then Muslim people could rightly say i am being Islamophobic. Then by your rationale, I can say that have a problem with Arabs in general and countries in the Middle East. Not Muslims themselves. So I am not Islamophobic.
Anti-Zionism is opposition to a Jewish state. Because Zionism is the pursuit of a Jewish state.
There's actually no unanimous or widely accepted consensus on what Zionism actually is, although you can probably understand what it means and its implications in a broad sense, its still a fairly nebulous term. That's why this conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism is an easy get out clause for the pro-Zionist / pro-Israeli lot, and it's a card you yourself have played and continue to play. Your definition is one interpretation, but what we're seeing now is Zionism being the manifestation of a European colonial settler movement over an indigenous population. Why should Europeans have greater right over the land than the native Arab population? The current version of Zionism is a racist and supremacist ideology.
There are several prominent anti-Zionist Jews that I follow(ed) - Finkelstein, Shlaim, Pappe, Bourdain - would you class their opposition to Israel as antisemitic? Would you call people that self identify as Jewish and follow the Judaic religion antisemitic because of their views on Israel? It wouldn't and doesn't make sense (and again, it's a card the pro-Zionist and pro-Israeli lot love playing). It also takes away from real instances of antisemitism and diminishes the experiences of Jewish people who have faced antisemitism.
No, they are self-hating Jews.
There's actually no unanimous or widely accepted consensus on what Zionism actually is, although you can probably understand what it means and its implications in a broad sense, its still a fairly nebulous term. That's why this conflation of anti-Zionism and antisemitism is an easy get out clause for the pro-Zionist / pro-Israeli lot, and it's a card you yourself have played and continue to play. Your definition is one interpretation, but what we're seeing now is Zionism being the manifestation of a European colonial settler movement over an indigenous population. Why should Europeans have greater right over the land than the native Arab population? The current version of Zionism is a racist and supremacist ideology.
There are several prominent anti-Zionist Jews that I follow(ed) - Finkelstein, Shlaim, Pappe, Bourdain - would you class their opposition to Israel as antisemitic? Would you call people that self identify as Jewish and follow the Judaic religion antisemitic because of their views on Israel? It wouldn't and doesn't make sense (and again, it's a card the pro-Zionist and pro-Israeli lot love playing). It also takes away from real instances of antisemitism and diminishes the experiences of Jewish people who have faced antisemitism.
Well, we're never going to agree on a definition of what Zionism is (so I don't really agree with the argument you're positing), but I wouldn't have any issues with an Israel being created in an uninhabited land that didn't come with the brutalisation and occupation of a native peoples. You would find scant opposition to an Israel being created in say, Kansas (I'm assuming Kansas has lots of land that is uninhabited). I oppose an Israel being created in a land that belongs to indigenous group, especially when that other group is stripped of ALL of its human and civil rights, and where they're committing a genocide against the indigenous population.It is for interpretation and how you define it. To me, to be Anti-Zionist is to be someone that does not believe that the Jewish people should have a state. Some would say, not have a state in "Palestine".
But then this underpins the issue that Israel then has. A large body of people that does not believe that it has the right to exist. I don't see any of the "Pro-Palestinian lot" calling for a two state solution. They are "Anti-Zionist" and so don't recognise that Israel has any right exist. So a two state solution is therefore unfathomable for them.
Daylight executions in the WB live on camera.
Wish I didn't see that. Why make him run blindfolded? Just cruelty?
No bodycams recording these terrorist acts, so hamas are still worse.Wish I didn't watch that. It is really starting to take a toll on me this war. The disregard for decency, life, humanity is just unbelievable.
Anti-Zionism is opposition to a Jewish state. Because Zionism is the pursuit of a Jewish state.
For example, if I held up a sign on campus saying "Arabs off our campus" then Muslim people could rightly say i am being Islamophobic. Then by your rationale, I can say that have a problem with Arabs in general and countries in the Middle East. Not Muslims themselves. So I am not Islamophobic.
That's not what Anti-Zionism means.It is for interpretation and how you define it. To me, to be Anti-Zionist is to be someone that does not believe that the Jewish people should have a state. Some would say, not have a state in "Palestine".
But then this underpins the issue that Israel then has. A large body of people that does not believe that it has the right to exist. I don't see any of the "Pro-Palestinian lot" calling for a two state solution. They are "Anti-Zionist" and so don't recognise that Israel has any right exist. So a two state solution is therefore unfathomable for them.
That really doesn't work at all, Arab isn't an ideology.
But for your first point as it's more relevant. Being truthful do you actually think those anti-Zionists have an issue with any Jewish state existing? Purely hypothetical but if the Jewish state moved to an unpopulated island they'd still be against it? Of course, they wouldn't because most (not all) in that movement are ideological humanitarians.
I agree these people are lazy for using the term zionist but only because their objection isn't a Jewish state existing it's how the Jewish state exists. It all gets muddled together because the actual implementation has been one of oppression so yeah it's understandable but perhaps unhelpful. Any clearer term would end up with similar accusations I'm sure.
I'm in the camp where I'm probably the actual definition of anti-zionist. I'm against the set up or running of any state as a religious or ethno-state. I don't think you can ever have a peaceful inclusive society with such constraining ideology. I certainly don't feel that makes me a jew hater because I don't, however by your definition it does.
I'd say interpretations and it happens with every religion.I agree with most of what you have said in all the above posts. And I respond to you with wider points because it's no point addressing the other fella.
However I don't believe using Zionism is lazy.
I'm Muslim. Within Islam there are certain ideologies that arise. Not all are as Islamic as they claim to be. But that's a wider argument. The point is to be against that specific ideology isn't lazy and not all encompassing.
So someone may hate the shia ideology. That isn't hating all Muslims. Just as an example.
Zionism is by definition and by it's very nature a specific ideology. It has certain beliefs and claims that even all Jews don't agree with.
Anti Zionism being anti semitism is like like anti Al qaida or anti ISIS is Islamophobia.
Zionism is a cancer on the world.
so what's the solution?
This has been the perpetual state of Palestine/Israel mainly resulting from the US/UKs foreign policy of not recognising a Palestinian state and giving Israel free reign to do whatever they want with no limits. The problem is whenever a Hamas attack on Israel happens the West and Western media like to portray it as if it came out of nowhere comparing it to 9/11 etc... There's a reason there is a deep hate for Israel within the Palestinian community and after this if Israel do get rid of Hamas, as long as Palestine don't get their state and get officially recognised (something Bibi is trying hard to avoid) Israel have pretty much created a Hamas 2 with these attacks.I’m appalled beyond belief at this point what’s unfolding right in front of us. Never ever I imagined civilians in tens of thousands would be brutalised, massacred like this. Men, women, kids, elderly no one is spared. What’s their fault? How can anyone recover from this even if they survive? It’s a purge, a bloodbath, a genocide of Palestinians and the countries that can do something are watching this with ease. Evil governments evil people. Civilised my arse. It’s a failed world. Any faction that arises in the future is the direct result of this genocide. And could you blame them?
Didn't post it yesterday because wasn't sure of the source but now both the Washington Post and WSJ are reporting it.
Hard to disagree. I am appalled by what's being done. Shame on those responsible.I’m appalled beyond belief at this point what’s unfolding right in front of us. Never ever I imagined civilians in tens of thousands would be brutalised, massacred like this. Men, women, kids, elderly no one is spared. What’s their fault? How can anyone recover from this even if they survive? It’s a purge, a bloodbath, a genocide of Palestinians and the countries that can do something are watching this with ease. Evil governments evil people. Civilised my arse. It’s a failed world. Any faction that arises in the future is the direct result of this genocide. And could you blame them?
Abolishing Israel and establishing a secular state in which Jews, Arabs and anyone else who might want to may live in peace like equals.so what's the solution?
I'd say interpretations and it happens with every religion.
Not sure what you're getting at. If Shia is an ideology, so is Sunna. I personally find your analogy a bit wonky to say the least. I personally see Sunna and Shia as two different interpretations of the same religious source. A bit like Catholics and Protestants. Hating Shia believers makes you a biggoted asshole and anti-muslim, because Shiites are muslims. The same goes for hating Sunnis. Or Jews. Or Christians. Or Buddhists. Or Atheists. You get the gist of it.
You also can't compare Zionism with Shia. Shia is an islamic religious belief. Zionism is a nationalist ideology born out of the prevalent antisemitism and mass persecutions in Europe.
Palestinians will carry out attacks from there giving the Israelis an excuse to extend their security apparatus into the sinai again, it will be like they never left.preparing the next phase of ethnic cleansing . They will evacuate Gaza and never allowed to return. I hope it happens to safe as many lives possible. But is ethnic cleansing and no one can deny it
Two people were killed, two others were seriously wounded, one person was moderately wounded, and one person was lightly wounded in a suspected shooting attack on Highway 40 near Bnei Re'em in southern Israel on Friday afternoon.
