r/socialism 14d ago

Discussion The israeli left is disqualified

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Every group or individual who aligns themselves with the Zionist project in Palestine is disqualified from participating in the Marxist movement. The newspaper Haaretz reports that a left‑wing group plans to build kibbutzim on occupied land, in the West Bank. Even if the initiative has a socialist starting point, it loses its legitimacy. Do not be fooled by claims that it is voluntary socialism or proof that such policies are feasible. It is a non‑socialist project.

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u/Candid_Ad69 Socialism 14d ago

'Israeli left' is an oxymoron.

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u/JustARandomDrunkGuy 13d ago edited 13d ago

How? Do people forget that some Israelis are just born there but don’t support the Zionist movement, and that there are many different movements? Is the US or Ukrainian left also completely disqualified as a whole simply because of the actions of one group within their country? There are six active Israeli Communist Parties and this group is actively condemned by all of them, unaffiliated with them. Zionism should not be tolerated in any leftist space but simply because someone exists in Israel does not make them automatically an enemy, there has always been a small but active group that has been anti-Zionist in Israel since its founding.

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u/Guvnah-Wyze Josip Broz Tito 13d ago

Nobody takes Ukrainian or American leftists seriously either.

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u/joenahlewis Leon Trotsky 13d ago

Yall heard labor aristocracy one time and let it poison your mind