r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • Oct 09 '24

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

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u/watermelonkiwi Raised Jewish, non-religious Oct 10 '24

 I think the demands that are more practical and popular for those who are anti-zionist and anti-ethnostate is a coalition government in the region and giving citizenship to non-Jews.

So one, non-ethnostate government?  At this point, after a genocide, I don't see how these two groups are going to be able to exist together in one state. The hatred between them is too strong. I don't know how the Palestinians are supposed to work together with the people who genocided them. As far as the comparison to South Africa goes, the ruling white people were only about 10% of the population, so it is pretty different to Israel/Palestine, where it's closer to 50/50.

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u/TurkeyFisher Jewish Anti-Zionist Oct 10 '24

I mean do you find the prospect of the Israelis being pushed out of the region all together more realistic, even if it was desirable?

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u/watermelonkiwi Raised Jewish, non-religious Oct 10 '24

Do you mean do I find it desirable, or do I find it realistic? I don’t know to both questions. Why don’t you support a two state solution? 

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u/TurkeyFisher Jewish Anti-Zionist Oct 10 '24

Back up to the context of the question I was answering, which was "what are some aspects of the anti-Zionist movement among non-Jews make you kind of uneasy or that go too far?" So my only real point was that people who are pushing for a one-state solution need to be clear that they are not asking for the Israelis to be forced out of the region but for the end of the ethnostate. Personally I'm a realist and don't have a strong feeling toward a one or two state solution, I just want peace. A two state solution is probably more realistic at this point, but what some anti-zionist activists seem to be asking for (to turn Israel into Palestine and run all the Jews out of the region) is neither desirable nor realistic.