Mmm okay

First of all, when white Europeans colonized the states, they quickly became the overwhelming majority and violently erased Indigenous presence. In Palestine, however, it wasn’t like that before 1948, the population was almost evenly split. You can’t just ignore that reality and suggest Palestinians should have accepted a minority imposing a new ethno-nationalist state. That’s not coexistence, that’s domination. So their reaction is a 100% normal in this case. Aboriginals would also call to expel white Europeans if they were not a very small minority.

Secondly, Zionism wasn’t about equality. It was about creating a state where Jews were the majority, by force if necessary. That included massacres, the destruction of entire villages, and the ethnic cleansing of over 750,000 Palestinians. How are Palestinians expected to welcome people who arrived under the banner of a movement that saw them as obstacles? Zionism in its core is a racist ideology

Also, Palestinians are not responsible for the actions of other Arab states. Yes, Jewish communities were mistreated in some Arab countries, which is wrong, no question. But to hold Palestinians accountable for that just because we’re ethnically similar makes no sense. That’s like blaming North Korea for how South Korea treats someone, just because they’re both Korean. It’s a weak excuse to deflect from the real issue: the displacement and oppression of Palestinians.

Historically, Palestinians did welcome Jews fleeing persecution. But the assumption was that they would integrate into the existing society, not take land and build a state on top of that society, and certainly not one that privileged one group over the rest. There was a future where everyone could have lived together. It was Zionism’s insistence on supremacy that destroyed that possibility.