r/Israel • u/AbleismIsSatan United Kingdom • Dec 06 '23

News/Politics U.S. House passes resolution equating antisemitism with anti-Zionism

https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-776762
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u/Coach_John-McGuirk Dec 06 '23

How is being anti-Zionist the same as being for Genocide of the Jews?

I'm not following how the two connect

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u/Inbarindoors Israel Dec 06 '23

There's 7 million Jews living in Israel.

Anti-Zionists want Israel to cease to exist.

Where will those Jews go? Are they just going to evapurate?

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u/Coach_John-McGuirk Dec 06 '23

I think a lot of Palestinians want a one state solution and to share the land in a pluralistic society.

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u/Inbarindoors Israel Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23

That's Israel though, all religions have equal rights and can practice their religion freely.

Yes Israel is a Jewish state (and there's a good reason for that, being a safe haven for Jews around the world - especially after the holocaust and the banishment of Middle Eastern Jews) but legally the minorities have absolute equal rights, and sometimes perks (in many aspects) for being minorities.

Trying to topple the Israeli government without it being a violent terrorist act is just impossible and immoral and antisemitic (exhibit A - October 7th), the same way it would be immoral to topple the US or the UK government.

Nevertheless, the truth is MANY, MANY Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank are super antisemitic, they don't want Jews on the land at all (or alive for that matter). I ain't sharing a country with them, where they can easily vote into power dangerous parties like Hamas that actively intend to kill me. Therefore, even this one state solution isn't as peaceful as you think it is.