When I say Iâm a Zionist, all I mean is that I want a country that already exists, that has existed for 75 years, to continue to exist. Not the current government, just the country itself. That shouldnât be a controversial stance.
Itâs not normal to need an entire movement around wanting an existing country to keep existing. Itâs not normal that thereâs an entire movement dedicated to the complete destruction of one singular country and no other.
Even if you insist on comparing Israel to the most evil regimes; Nazi Germany, apartheid South Africa - which you shouldnât because itâs false and antisemitic, but even if you did - the Nazis were defeated, the Nazi occupation of other countries was defeated, but Germany is still a country. Apartheid ended, but South Africa is still a country. British colonies have fought for and won independence one by one, but Britain is still a country. In the US, slavery ended, segregation was struck down, but the US is still a country. Itâs only Israel where people pose the ridiculous question of whether a country should still be a country.
And to everyone who says âI donât think the US should exist either,â bullshit. Youâre not doing anything about that. There is no movement to abolish the United States, and last time there was, that movement was comprised of the racist slave owners.
The fact that the argument over Israelâs existence has been normalized when there is no such argument about any other country in the world, is ridiculous. Itâs insane that non-Jews canât talk about Israel the way they talk about every other country, that they canât criticize its government, military, or policies without jumping right to âand therefore Israel should be destroyed.â They say this about the one Jewish country and no others, and they really pretend they donât see anything wrong with that.
Not to mention that abolishing a country is completely impractical in ways that have never occurred to them. Like thereâs a sign on a border gate that says âIsraelâ that they can just paint over to say âPalestineâ and that will be that.
Step 1: replace all the flags
Step 2: ???????
Step 3: utopia













