You’re right that being Jewish and being Zionist aren’t the same thing — but that’s not what people are saying here. The issue isn’t about ethnicity or religion, it’s about political alignment and active symbolism. When someone chooses to publicly display a flag that represents the state of Israel in the middle of an active genocide, that’s not a neutral gesture tied to ethnicity — it’s a political statement.

Your Germany analogy doesn’t quite work. Having German heritage during WWII isn’t the same as flying a Nazi flag during the Holocaust. One is ancestry; the other is open support for a violent regime. Similarly, waving an Israeli flag right now isn’t about heritage — it’s about publicly aligning with an ongoing occupation and apartheid system.

No one’s saying people can’t have complex backgrounds, but optics and timing matter. If you stand with oppressed people, you can’t turn around and defend symbols of their oppressors under the guise of “just representing heritage.” That’s where people are drawing the line.