‘I’m fine with Jews, just not Zionists’: Time to rip off the anti-Zionist mask - opinion
Those who believe that they are still supporting their Jewish acquaintances while chanting slogans against Zionism are self-righteous hypocrites
A new distinction is emerging in Western minds, where the problem is not Jews but Zionists. One can be supportive of Judaism while opposing "Zionism." You can love your Jewish neighbor and still protest the Jewish state. It appears to be a clever distinction, but it is a lie. An example of this would be, "I have nothing against Christians.
I just can't stand people who believe Jesus is the Messiah." This sentence is absurd because believing in Jesus as the Messiah is not an add-on to Christianity, but the core of the faith. The same applies if we use a word closer to home - "I'm fine with women, so long as they aren't feminists." Everyone recognizes this statement, as it means that a woman is acceptable only if she knows her place and doesn't insist on standing up for herself.
Push the argument further, and the mask becomes thinner still: "I have nothing against women, so long as they're not traditional feminists who want things like suffrage." No one would say this sentence out loud and expect to be taken seriously because everyone can hear that suffrage is not a radical demand; it is a fundamental right.
"Anti-Zionism" operates on the same mechanism. Zionism simply means that Jews, like every other people, have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland. Remove the belief, and there is no "anti-Zionist" position left to hold - only a demand that Jews be the only people on Earth willing to give up that right.
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