The resolution makes a dangerous conflation—and quite a few Democrats gave their wholehearted support.

“The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism—it states—is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present. “The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was and is expressly not antisemitic. This resolution ignores the fact that even today, certain Orthodox Hasidic Jewish communities … have held views that are at odds with the modern Zionist conception.”

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    210·
    1 year ago

    Oh nation building. The US is pretty good at that. I mean, isn’t that how we got here in the first place? Moving a bunch of religious fanatics out of their holy land to make room for the displaced victims of a genocide?

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        22·
        1 year ago

        Not at all, I just don’t think your solution is feasible. The Israeli leadership will not step down peacefully, and Hamas will not accept anything less than total victory. You’re suggesting a third party take control? Or do you think suddenly everyone involved will just forget all the murder and start singing “kumbaya”?

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
        21·
        1 year ago

        What pivot? That’s the argument presented. “The end of Israel does not require violence because Western nations can build a better nation for the Jewish and Palestinian peoples to live in harmony.” Does that actually deserve a full rebuttal?

    • soupcat
      31·
      1 year ago

      That’s not how it started at all, the Brits have a lot more to do with this one.

        • soupcat
          2·
          1 year ago

          I think I may have misunderstood you, I thought you were saying that America was responsible for Israel.

          • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            No that’s my fault, I see why that’s what it sounded like. It was intended as two different points.

            1. The US has a bad record of nation building.

            2. Israel exists because of failed nation building, specifically how the UK controlled Palestine and started encouraging Jewish migration to the holy land, displacing Palestinians.