Thread by @PeebsY0

The war on Palestine began with the First Zionist Congress in the 1880s.

The first aliyah to Israel was welcomed by Palestinians, who helped get them established and taught them how to farm.

The Second Aliyah to Palestine were ordered not to do business with, or employ Arabs.

https://twitter.com/crimesofbrits/status/1058319248383246337

There were sixty years between the First Zionist Congress and the 1948 War.

A LOT happened during those years, but the Holocaust erased that history from our memories.

Zionists targeted an unsuspecting, trusting population. Arabs welcomed their new neighbors.

It's the same story as the colonization of the Americas.

If you've heard about #ReplacementTheory, these are the only real-world examples of it that I've ever seen.

(Every accusation is a personal confession, you see?)

You can defend Judaism without giving up your integrity.

It's very much possible.

The Diaspora can show you how. They are the beating heart of the faith. They represent themselves more effectively than the Segregationists ever will.

If Jews are to be liberated, then they must liberate themselves from the cowardice and fear of Zionism.

No offense intended.

But, that is what #Zionism represents.

Segregationism is a drag on individual and national progress. It's a threat to everyone's freedom.

Always.

Judaism will survive forever. There's no question about that.

The State of Israel will change. One day.

If there's any people who deserved the use of Segregation, it was the Jewish people. ✡️

But I think we can all see the error of supporting bigotry, even for good reason.

For Israel, I had to learn to despise the Arab and see him as a terrorist thug antisemite.

If not this, then he was a simple person with no concept of global or national affairs. Someone who couldnt even make the deserts bloom. What fools!!? Am I Reich? 😂

#Islamophobia

Zionism is the belief that only through a segregated theocratic state can Judaism hope to survive in a forever-antisemitic world.

Thus, Zionism has never held a majority of support among Jews. It's too bigoted.

At Zionisms peak popularity, most Jews went west. Not East.

Look,

I'm just bringing it up because Zionists are telling Jews that they need to get out while they can. "Come home before it's too late!"

And they've been saying it since the 1880s... Same story.

Does this seem normal?:

"Get out of CANADA before they assimilate you!!!"

#Zionism is a cowards ideal of social justice.

The Klan used to talk in the same terms. They had different characters in their story, but it was all the same segregationist bullshit.

An intellectually corrupt argument for morally corrupt cowards.

No offense.

The only intellectual basis for Zionism comes when you accept and expect antisemitism.

When you believe there is always going to be a threat to you. When you're made to feel like barricades, checkpoints and walls are the best defense against the world.

That's victimization.

And again...

Israel was given the right to segregate by Western governments. We all helped Zionists achieve their goals.

Honestly, the only reason there's issues after 140 years is because of this.

We shredded our integrity on that decision, and it shows.

I'm not judging or challenging anybody on that decision.

Even I used to think like Golda Meir instructed me to: "If only the Arabs weren't assholes, Jews would have no problems with Israel."

I was young and impressionable once, just like everybody else.

Bigotry is complex.

#Zionism took hold over the western public mind. Thier State is now what the uninitiated bigot mistakes for "Judaism."

Like I was as a young man... making judgements on others without an honest evaluation of the facts, which always seemed burdensome, forced, and disingenuous.

I take no pleasure in saying any of these things.

I have an eye for deep truths and an aspiration for honest communication.

Sorry. The Diaspora taught me the value of human rights.

You can change the names of the principals, and the outcome remains equally as problematic.

It's sad that I have to keep qualifying my respect and admiration for Judaism; but this is what Zionism has built.

You might think my focus on Israel is unwarranted or suspicious, and I get that.

It says more about you than me, but no judgements!

One day, the uninitiated will come to learn the truth about #Zionism.

Like me, they'll have to start with the mythology behind it.

I recommend Battle Cry, by Leon Uris. That one captured my imagination for a long time. The stuff of heroes and legends. Very inspiring.

I was just imagining traveling back in time to tell the teenage me that the book was Zionist propaganda.

Then the teen me would ask how I ended up being an antisemite in my old age... 🙃

That's the problem with segregationism. It's hypocrisy.
Turns good folks bad.

This is the danger inherent in Zionism for the Jewish majority who aren't Zionists.

There is a schism in the faith, and Zionists are as much a threat to peace in our nations as in their own.

For a western comparison, think of the Klan. It's the same level of depravity.

Liberals intend on all people feeling free. Everyone gets to feel supreme! It's a lovely social covenant.

Human rights are pretty amazing when you get down to brass tacks.

I am glad that I dont take them for granted any longer.