We’re all very good at talking to ourselves and to others who are already convinced. But we all too often…

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/22035706

Sat 2 Mar 2024

“Alex McDonald’s When They Speak Israel, reviewed here by Steve Grant, explains to all of us how to engage. His basic assumption is that while some Zionists are dyed-in-the-wool racists or ethnonationalists, most are not. They sincerely believe they oppose racism but have been taught that support for Israel is justified — if not a solemn moral duty.”

  • DarthJon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Load of horse-crap.

    Sorry, but we don’t need to be deprogrammed out of our Zionism. Most Jews are Zionists, not because they’ve been brainwashed but because they believe in the idea of self-determination in our ancestral homeland. That’s all Zionism is. Everything else you hear about it is nothing but propaganda designed to vilify it.

    Anyone who claims to believe in ethnic self-determination should support Zionism. And those of you who don’t might want to reflect on why you support ethnic nationalism for Palestinians but not for Jews.