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TheRealNorth

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5. Did you?
Fri Aug 26, 2022, 04:59 PM
Aug 2022

The article speaks about anti-Zionism on the left, which I would not equate with anti-Semitism.

I think there is a perception that Zionism = right-wing Israeli geopolitical philosophy. I believe that is an oversimplification of what Zionism is. But some of the right-wing Israeli groups use Zionism as an excuse for what is essentially ethnic cleansing (in the sense of kicking Palestinian Arabs off of their land in the West Bank and restricting them to certain areas, much like how we treated Native Americans here in the U.S.).

Essentially, some people on the left look at Zionism in the same way as White Nationalism. I don't think that necessarily is the case, although the version that is practiced by the Israeli Right (which has held power in Israel for most of the past 40 years) is not far off from a Jewish version of White Nationalism.

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