Okay so I’m not a fan of the horrible things Israel has done to Palestinians but this is by far an oversimplification of a very complicated issue. Zionism has roots in the late 19th century with ties to European imperialism and the mistreatment of Jews. I took a course in the https://twitter.com/icantquityoou/status/1277666363490910208">https://twitter.com/icantquit...
Israeli-Palestinian conflict (which is also not an accurate name) and after 3 months and the most reading I’ve ever done for a class the big thing I got out of it was that we barely scratched the surface of a truly nuanced issue. It takes more than just a Twitter thread that
Calls a religious symbol a “hill” to understand it and if you’re interested I have a good book that can start you in the right direction
To be clear, Zionism is based of off European colonialism. It has resulted in the state of Israel doing many awful things to Palestinians in the name of creating a safe haven for Jewish people, in my opinion wrongly so. The point is don’t use twitter as a resource in this case https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann">
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