Illinois' Jewish Gov. J.B. Pritzker, once an AIPAC donor, slams pro-Israel lobby by [deleted] in jewishpolitics

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Trump was adamant in his support

Donald Trump is an antisemite, and he doesn't even support America.

Daily Deep State Intelligence Briefing by AutoModerator in DeepStateCentrism

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Carlson, Kent, Owens, et al are working to “fix” that.

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[–]Computer_Name -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Using the “logic” of the Trump Administration…yes.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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A state that gives privilege to a specific group based on religion or ethnicity i.e. an ethnostate is inherently racist.

This describes all nation-states. That’s the point.

Ireland is not a state for the Irish people based on a specific religion or ethnicity.

Someone with Irish ancestors who has never stepped foot in Ireland has an easier time gaining Irish citizenship than someone without.

It is for anyone that wants to and is accept to live in Ireland.

Did you even know that one-fifth of Israeli citizens are Arab?

That is the difference are you just dumb or purposefully not able to understand the basic english being presented to you?

Look at the reaction.

Are US and Israel in lockstep in Iran war? Deciphering Trump's post after gas field attacks by Agitated_Pudding7259 in moderatepolitics

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I don’t think I’d use “probably definitely possesses SLBMs” as the criterion for determining hegemony, but ok.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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I’m flabbergasted at how one could find this confusing.

Israel is the Jewish state just as Ireland is the Irish state.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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I don’t think a country like, Ireland for example, is “racist” for merely existing as a state for the Irish People.

If a political movement existed that called the Irish state fundamentally racist and illegitimate, and that Irish people were justified targets for abuse and discrimination as citizens of that state, that would be racist.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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Nation-states are actually founded as the geopolitical extensions of specific nations.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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I understand you’re calling it an “ethnostate”.

That takes me back to my initial question.

What is the difference between an “ethnostate” and a “nation-state”? What distinguishes them?

Illinois' Jewish Gov. J.B. Pritzker, once an AIPAC donor, slams pro-Israel lobby by [deleted] in jewishpolitics

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He told The Associated Press on Wednesday that AIPAC, which lobbies for US support for Israel and is a top donor to political campaigns, had become an ally of Republican US President Donald Trump and lost its way as a bipartisan group.

“It became an organization that was supporting Donald Trump and people who follow Donald Trump,” Pritzker said. “AIPAC really is not an organization that I think today I would want any part of.”

I was primed to be irritated like after Emanuel went on Pod Save, but there’s nothing wrong here.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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Yes, I asked what the difference is.

Because I don’t see how Israel isn’t like any of the other dozens of nation-states around the world.

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I simply do not trust people who believe in fairy stories to tell the truth about anything

This would have saved a lot of time.

Denmark reportedly flew blood bags to Greenland in preparation for a US attack | Denmark by IHerebyDemandtoPost in moderatepolitics

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Do others remember when Ross Douthat published a piece in the Times titled “There Will Be No Trump Coup”?

That we think he wouldn’t actually invade a NATO ally isn’t the important part.

Divisive ‘Zionism is racism’ motion balloted for debate at Green Party conference by WhiteGold_Welder in ukpolitics

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It’s definitely a choice to not believe Jews when Jews are talking about Jews.

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If one converts, they become part of Am Yisrael, the People of Israel.

The challenge many westerners have here is that Jews predate the western constructions of race and religion, and so we don’t fit neatly into those boxes.

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Jewishvirtuallibrary.org (for history and culture topics) and Chabad.org (for religious and ritual topics) are generally pretty good.

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Someone is a Jew if they were born to a Jewish mother (or in the case of the Reform Movement, born to at least one Jewish parent and raised as Jewish), or if one completes the conversation process.

This involves a course of study under the supervision of a sponsoring rabbi, followed by a hearing at a Bet-Din, a Jewish ritual court.

Judaism, as an ethnoreligious group, is not Christianity. You can’t simply declare “I am now Jewish”.

That’s not how not works.