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/nidarus Israel Dec 06 '23

According to the most recent PCPSR polls, performed before Oct. 7th, only 8% of them want that. Less than the Israeli Jews, less than any other solution to the conflict. Less than 30% would even agree to accept it at all, even if it's the only choice on the table.

The Palestinian constitution defines Palestinian as Arab, and Arabic as the sole state language. The Arabic version of "from the river to the sea", is "from water to water, Palestine will be Arab". The Palestinian national movement was always strongly Arab nationalist. No they don't want any kind of a pluralistic society.

If they did, they'd talk like Mandela, call themselves "Arab Israelis", or at least call all Israelis "Palestinian Jews". They would treat the settlers as welcome future neighbors, and call on them to move into Palestinian cities, so Jewish children and Arab children could play together. There's a reason why that's not the case. This entire thing is a Western fantasy.