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what is zionism? a thread to educate yourslef.
Zionism is about the pursuit of an independent Jewish state. The word is derived from Zion, a hill near the city of Jerusalem. But nowhere near all Jews live in Israel and not all inhabitants of Israel are Jewish.
For centuries, Jews have lived all over the world. Almost every country has its own Jewish minority. Two countries have a large Jewish community: Israel and the United States. But out of a population of more than 300 million, the 6 million Jews in the US are but a small minority
In Israel, on the other hand, almost 80% of the population is Jewish.
The state of Israel was founded after the Second World War, in 1948. In the Middle East, in a place where Jews had lived for thousands of years with their Arab neighbours. Because of their history and religion, Jews had felt a strong connection with this region for generations.
Many European Jews who had survived the Holocaust, went to live in Israel after the war. Many Jews from Arab (Muslim) countries also fled or migrated to Israel.
The United Nations supported the division of what was then still called Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab part.And they supported the creation of the new state of Israel.Among the Arab population, however, there was lot of resistance.Immediately after the creation of the State
of Israel, five neighboring Arab countries declared war on Israel.Israel won the war.Many Arab residents of the region had to flee the country.The seventyyear history of the State of Israel‘s characterised by the struggle w the Palestinians.They see Israel as the occupying force.
So a Zionist is someone who strives for an independent Jewish state. To many religious Jews, Israel is 'the promised land'. But many non-religious Jews, too, value the fact that there is a country where Jews can live in freedom and safety.
But are all Jews zionists?
No. Most Jews do not live in Israel. Not every inhabitant of Israel is Jewish; there are also many non-Jews living in Israel. And not all Jewish Israelis are 'settlers' who want to conquer more and more Palestinian land.
The vast majority of Jews believe that the State of Israel should continue to exist. But many Jews, both living in Israel and elsewhere, are in favour of a Palestinian state alongside Israel as a possible solution to the conflict.
Arabs and Palestinians generally oppose Zionism, as the explicitly Jewish character of the Israeli state means that Jews have privileges that others don’t.For instance, any Jew anywhere in the world can become an Israeli citizen, a right not extended to any other class of person.
Arabs, then, often see Zionism as a species of colonialism and racism aimed at appropriating Palestinian land and systematically disenfranchising the Palestinians that remain. Arab states actually pushed through a UN General Assembly resolution labeling Zionism “a form of racism
and racial discrimination” in 1975, though it was repealed 16 years later.
Zionism is based on a distinctly secular outlook, which embraces aggression and expansion as an acceptable response to trauma and denounces the traditional Jewish pacifist approach of viewing hardship as divine punishment for sins.
The Israeli regime capitalises on a dynamic of violence and inequality reinforced by fear-mongering and the rewards of resource acquisition to promote a privileged ruling class at the expense of colonised Palestinian people.
Zionist strategists manipulate the past traumas Jews have endured to galvanise support for aggressive policies that disenfranchise Palestinians.
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just to clear up one thing, what is said in the thread isnt made up by me, its from a bunch of articles and videos i found and that i think are pretty educative. i linked all of them in the thread!!
https://twitter.com/shes_a_cherry/status/1277693943111704579?s=21 https://twitter.com/shes_a_cherry/status/1277693943111704579
https://twitter.com/fearlessngolden/status/1277645452419100675?s=21 https://twitter.com/fearlessngolden/status/1277645452419100675
also, since some of yall made me notice that its not pretty clear, zionims isnt a good thing at all. i do not support it, and the point of the tweet isnt to make it look good in any way.
