dunked.
whether you like it or not, whether it makes you uncomfortable and forces you to change your worldview or not, the vast majority of jews globally are zionists in the broadest sense of the word - i.e. they believe that israel has a right to exist, or they believe that israel needs to exist in order to provide a safe place for jews to flee to, or they feel a connection to the land of israel as the homeland of the jewish people and feel that we should be able to live there if we want. the vast majority of zionists i know also care a lot about the safety of palestinians and want them to either have their own state or live safely and equitably in one state alongside jews.
there absolutely are plenty of antizionist jews, particularly in america. their views being a minority among the wider global jewish community doesn't mean they don't exist. but it is wildly disingenuous to insist that a minority of jews must in fact be the majority simply because they agree with you and hold the position you think is the only acceptable one, because you don't want to confront the implications of them being a minority and what that means for your feelings about the majority of jews across the globe.
bc honestly? i think the reason y'all are so insistent that most jews aren't zionists is that you know the way you talk abt "zionists" is disgustingly antisemitic, but because you've convinced yourself it's only a small minority, the "bad jews", that it couldn't really be harmful. a little bit of antisemitism never hurt anyone. in fact, it's liberatory if used correctly! or at least that's what you tell yourself so you don't have to face the consequences of your actions.
I think one of the things a lot of fucking Tumblr people don't get is that, for Jews, Zionism isn't a thought exercise or a hypothetical or a side to pick for a team sport. This isn't just a topic for debate club for us, and it's not about our blog aesthetic or an excuse to pick fights at Thanksgiving.
This is real. I am a Zionist because I believe in self-determination for the Jewish people, yes -- just as I do for the Palestinian people, by the way -- but even more than that, at the core of my beliefs, when you drill right down to it? When you really get in there?
More than anything, I would like Israel to continue to exist because my friends fucking live there and I love them and want them to continue being alive. I want them to be safe. Most diaspora Jews have some connection to people in Israel, whether friends or in many cases family, and at the end of the day the safety of our friends and family is at the core of our positions with regards to Israel and Zionism.
If you don't understand this, if you refuse to understand this, then you have no business commenting on the subject. That's it.
I think the other thing tumblr users don’t get (frankly: don’t want to get) is that political anti-Zionism is also not a hypothetical thought exercise for jews, and also bears directly on our safety.
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Don't forget the millions of Jews driven out of the soviet union by antizionism. All together, antizionism is responsible for the ethnic cleansing of close to 4 million Jews.
