If you& #39;re Palestinian, then your issue with Israel is an existential one, and I understand why you& #39;d devote your life to dismantling it.
A comparison is faulty, but almost the same could be said of Native Americans and their relation to the US. The issue is an existential one /1

If you& #39;re not Palestinian and the only issue you devote your life to is dismantling Israel, then you should ask yourself: am I acting in good faith, for a progressive ideal, or am I taught to be anti-Israel, and that& #39;s become over time my only political form of expression? /2

As a communist, I& #39;m against the human rights violations the Israeli government regularly commits against Palestinians. But I& #39;m also against the violations the Chinese government regularly commits against the Uighur Muslims, the citizens of HK, etc. /3

... I& #39;m also against the violations the Saudi government commits against Shia Muslims, the LGBT+ community, etc. etc. I stand against all forms of humanitarian violations everywhere. And as a Syrian, I have every reason to devote my life to the dismantling of the Assad regime. /4

So if you& #39;re not part of an existential fight against a state, and you devote your political expression to being anti-Israel, ask: why Israel? Truly, honestly: why? Once you ask that question, you can move forward to a more genuinely progressive praxis -- or not, who knows. /end