r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

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/valonianfool Anti-Zionist 10d ago

Is there any theological significance to a jewish state in historic Palestine for Christians?

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u/Adept_Thanks_6993 Orthodox 10d ago

Not really

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u/valonianfool Anti-Zionist 10d ago

I'm asking cuz there's someone who I used to consider a friend, who I've cut off. They're a conservative christian who comforted me when I was going through a bad time so I considered them a friend, but I've always been uncomfortable with their views, they're being radicalized into the far-right.

While debating them about Palestine, one argument they gave was that "jews, christians and muslims all agree that the land belongs to the jews".

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u/Adept_Thanks_6993 Orthodox 10d ago

To some extent it did, for an admittedly long while. But we were never the only people there, nor did we ever hold an exclusive title. Even when we had a King and a Temple we weren't the only ones there. Our right to develop a society in Eretz Yisrael was on condition we uphold our covenant of ethical monotheism with our Creator. We were exiled because we didn't hold up our end of the bargain. If we lose sovereignty in the Holy Land again, it'll be because we didn't hold it up-again.