Why did I write all of this? BECAUSE NONE OF THIS IS MENTIONED OR CONSIDERED IN THE DISCOURSE OVER ISRAEL/PALESTINE.

I do not understand how anyone can understand this history, understand the context of where Zionism came from, understand that Israel is the historic land for Jews, and not have some degree for compassion for Jewish people wanting a place to call home. And believe me, as long as this thread is, it’s the briefest, most superficial history of Jewish expulsions and genocides one could write.

I don’t support Netanyahu, and I don’t think the way Israel is prosecuting this war will make them safe. It’s obvious and imperative that Palestinians get a state and begin to shape their own destiny.

But ignoring 2,500 years of Jewish people being genocided and killed by mobs, ignoring whose land it was in the first place, rewriting “Zionism” in an Orwellian way to erase words that can even convey the desire for a Jewish nation?

NONE OF THIS IS PROGRESSIVE.

At best it’s ignorant, and at worst you’re just the latest in a very, very long line of people to buy into antisemitic propaganda and decide Jews should find somewhere else to live.