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Just a reminder that when talking to Zionists sometimes you& #39;ll get the response "well, what about the Arabs? What about Saudi?" This is always a what-about-ist, blame-shifting tactic. "What about those other Arabs, they& #39;re bad too!" 1/?
Not only is this an attempt to make Arabs as an ethnic group seem more "deserving" of what Israel is doing, but it also ignores that VERY few anti-Zionists dont know that Saudi is ALSO a genocidal, colonial, ethnofascist project. They don& #39;t cancel each other out.
And there are also many, many Arab activists who are fighting the ethnonationalism in the Gulf, who are also anti-Zionist. They& #39;re not mutually exclusive, and painting them that way is harmful.
This isnt to say that all Arab anti-Zionists are also vocal about the ethnonationalism in their own states, because a lot of us aren& #39;t. But that education and work within the community is already being done by Arab activists, don& #39;t insert your voice where it doesnt belong.
And BEFORE I see people in my mentions:
-Should Arabs acknowledge and fight against the ethnonationalism in our communities? Yes.
-Are a lot of current governments propagating genocides helped by the US? Yes.
-Does this detract from Israel ALSO being genocidal? Not a single bit.
-Should Arabs acknowledge and fight against the ethnonationalism in our communities? Yes.
-Are a lot of current governments propagating genocides helped by the US? Yes.
-Does this detract from Israel ALSO being genocidal? Not a single bit.
Sorry but you& #39;re not going to what-about me into not saying that Israel should not exist. Israel is a settler-colonial project that has genocided millions of innocents, and Zionism as an ideology is inherently racist and if you ARE a Zionist, you have blood on your hands.
^^And me saying that while being an Arab does not mean that I do not also think that Saudi and a great number of other countries (including the US) are ALSO violent settler-colonial projects that have genocided millions of people, you racist piece of shit. End of thread.
