@DavidAstinWalsh If you are opposed to Zionism alone out of all other nationalisms, and single out the Jews as uniquely undeserving of a state, it is likely true that your opposition is rooted in antisemitism.
Why can't defenders of Palestine admit that the rejection of the partition plan was, in retrospect and from the perspective of the average Palestinian, a horrible mistake?
Palestinians/Arabs had every reason to reject consenting to the partition of their home to create a *sovereign state* for Jewish migrant settlers, nearly all of whom weren’t even born there.
The UN resolution was the product of the legacy of British imperialism dating back to the Balfour Declaration in 1917
@artisanrocky UN GA Resolution 181 (II) gave Jews the right to a state in the Mandate. That state was attacked by 5 neighboring states and, as in all wars, the boundaries and demos at the end of the war changed.
Why Israeli independence give Arabs the right to ethnically cleanse their Jews?
Your settlers were nearly all holocaust survivors or escapees from the Nazis. The majority had nowhere to go. Guess they should have just died? One generation later 900k Mizrahi Jews would be expelled from their homes. Do these brown Jews make the demos more palatable for you?
@WokeSnacob@heartandsoll If we weren’t talking about *Jewish* settlers from Eastern and central Europe, the ridiculousness of the partition plan would be obvious.
@artisanrocky@heartandsoll So you admit that your initial point about never being offered a sovereign state was bs and are moving the goalposts? Which other UNSC resolutions are parties free to ignore? I thought you believed in international law?
@artisanrocky@heartandsoll They did: they accepted the UN partition plan which would have created a sovereign Arab Palestinian state in all respects next to a smaller Jewish state. If the Arabs accepted, there would have been no “Nakba” and no occupation.
The Boston Celtics would “without a doubt” trade Jaylen Brown to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo, per @KevinOConnor.
“The Celtics are making lots of calls and shopping all players except for Jayson Tatum.”
(h/t @Savageboston & @Fullcourtpass )
@BillTheKid1603 Yes. The Tulsa Race Riots were horrible but not in the same realm categorically with Kristallnacht. Hundreds of synagogues were fire bombed nationwide. The perps were state backed militias. 30,000 were sent to concentration camps of which most eventually died.
@ThatchEffendi The Holocaust did not occur because of food scarcity, it happened in spite of it. The Nazis sacrificed food, energy, and manpower in the final solution. Hitler mentioned destroying the Jews in Mein Kampf and antisemitism was a primary Nazi Goal, not some unintended side effect.
@ptkrje Waiting is a fine option. Jewish birth rates are outpacing Arab birth rates. In 20 years, Israel can annex the West Bank and give the Arabs the right to vote and maintain demographic supremacy. In 40, include Gaza. Demographics are destiny. Fin.
@Wilson__Valdez@CentristMadness Zaid is a guy who loves MGT, Tucker, and other far right adjacent politicians. He has shilled for Trump since 2016. He should have absolutely no say whatsoever in Democratic politics. And yet, he is cited by supposed leftists.