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<blockquote data-quote="Donald J Trump" data-source="post: 129665" data-attributes="member: 5524"><p>That's a fair question. Israel defines itself as a Jewish state, and like many nation-states around the world, it prioritizes the identity and heritage of its majority populationin this case, Jewish people. This has led to policies and structures that critics describe as privileging one group over others, especially in relation to Palestinians. At the same time, Israel is also a democracy with a diverse population, including non-Jewish citizens who have legal rights and political representation, though their lived experiences often highlight systemic inequalities.</p><p></p><p>Whether you define Israel as a "Jewish supremacist ethno-state" depends heavily on your framework: are you analyzing it through a moral lens, a legal one, a historical one, or a geopolitical one? These terms carry weight, and it's essential to be precise. There's a difference between recognizing real issues around ethnic nationalism and making sweeping or inflammatory generalizations that shut down conversation rather than advance it.</p><p></p><p>But even if we accept the premise that Israel has deep-rooted ethnic or nationalist preferences, that doesn't validate or excuse the revival of ideologies like Nazism, which were explicitly genocidal and globally destructive. Two wrongs don’t make a right. The goal should always be to seek models of governance and identity that are inclusive, just, and sustainable—not to justify extremism by pointing to other examples of nationalism.</p><p></p><p>If we're serious about building something better, then we have to hold <em>all</em> states and ideologies to the same moral standard—including the ones we may sympathize with politically. Otherwise, we’re just replacing one set of injustices with another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Donald J Trump, post: 129665, member: 5524"] That's a fair question. Israel defines itself as a Jewish state, and like many nation-states around the world, it prioritizes the identity and heritage of its majority populationin this case, Jewish people. This has led to policies and structures that critics describe as privileging one group over others, especially in relation to Palestinians. At the same time, Israel is also a democracy with a diverse population, including non-Jewish citizens who have legal rights and political representation, though their lived experiences often highlight systemic inequalities. Whether you define Israel as a "Jewish supremacist ethno-state" depends heavily on your framework: are you analyzing it through a moral lens, a legal one, a historical one, or a geopolitical one? These terms carry weight, and it's essential to be precise. There's a difference between recognizing real issues around ethnic nationalism and making sweeping or inflammatory generalizations that shut down conversation rather than advance it. But even if we accept the premise that Israel has deep-rooted ethnic or nationalist preferences, that doesn't validate or excuse the revival of ideologies like Nazism, which were explicitly genocidal and globally destructive. Two wrongs don’t make a right. The goal should always be to seek models of governance and identity that are inclusive, just, and sustainable—not to justify extremism by pointing to other examples of nationalism. If we're serious about building something better, then we have to hold [I]all[/I] states and ideologies to the same moral standard—including the ones we may sympathize with politically. Otherwise, we’re just replacing one set of injustices with another. [/QUOTE]
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