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Originally Posted by _Q_
It's the idea that the Jewish people are a distinct ethnic group that are direct descendants of the biblical Jews. It was/is a national revival movement that was a reaction to 19th century European antisemitism. It sought to create a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. After israel was established, it sought to maintain israel as the Jewish state.
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Jewish people are an ethnic group(s), which is a fact. At least whatever an ethnic group is, that includes Jews. We are also descendents of the biblical jews, one and the same. Dig in Israel and you reach the jews, below all the other groups that evicted jews.
While it is flattering to think that my ethnicity is a reaction to Europeans, that would be wrong as well. Jewish people didn't just want a homeland that would make them safe, they wanted what they had to leave from, and had been moving back to Israel for hundreds of years.
They created Israel as a Jewish state with the intention of providing rights for everyone there, not just Jews. That is the opposite of their neighbors, who held jews as second class citizens or worse. In fact, many of those same countries offer no citizenship to Palestinians. Israel is about 20% Palestinian, who are citizens of Israel. I should also mention, Palestinian until fairly recently included both Jews and Muslims. None of what I am saying means Muslims from the region don't need a place, but when the land was chopped up after WW2, Israel got the smallest slice and was happy with it, as were many Muslims who still live there today. Israeli rights have been prosperous for them, as it has been for Jews, far more prosperous than its neighbors. Seems the political system in Israel is working.
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Originally Posted by _Q_
It is also a form of ethno-nationalism that isn't really how we view nation states anymore.
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This is also wrong. Israel protects the rights of all of its citizens, regardless of religion. While TikToc would say different, and again I am flattered, it isn't true. There is no apartheid, nothing of the sort. No matter how many Antifa print signs for protests, they are wrong.
When Israel became an independent nation, despite the lies, they were not driving people out of the country due to religion or language or color. They made it clear, Israel will be land for everyone that supports it (it being equal rights, freedom of religion, speech, women, etc). Not everyone was on the same page.
They were quickly invaded by five plus armies with the goal of destroying Israel. These same nations do not give Palestinians rights (unless I am mistaken about something on that).
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Originally Posted by _Q_
No I don't believe an ethnostate should have been established anywhere else either.
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So Jordan, Syria, India, Pakistan etc. are all somehow wrong?\
As we speak, Pakistan is kicking out Afghans, Yemen dealing with war and 1,000's of deaths, Syria civil war, Lebanon, Iran etc. Israel is the smallest of them all, offers the most rights and the neighbors openly call for their death (not all but most), and this is the nation you have a problem with.