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vamptastic · 9 months ago

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Another thing that is driving me fucking insane is that the only thing the current rise in the anti-zionist movement is in agreement upon is a ceasefire. I think that's good in terms of organizing around one immediate, actionable change, but god it's going to be a fucking shitshow when a ceasefire does occur because there seems to be very little consensus on what should happen long-term. Not surprising, considering a lot of people are new to the cause and that their passion stems from the obvious atrocity currently happening, not a deeper connection or investment. Just bonkers to see people who want one 'secular, democratic' state (not a lot of elaboration on what that means) and people who want two independent states and people who want one Palestinian state (sometimes secular, sometimes not) all calling themselves one movement... I mean, where is all this support going to be channeled in the years to come?

#And then you have people who have one narrow idea of the future who reject anybody else as Zionist #alongside those whose definition of antizionist is ' wants ceasefire '#Which obviously includes like. Israelis. Who the former would generally consider to be universally Zionist #Just really odd. Some people are like 100% dedicated to the dissolution of the state of Israel #and others just want large scale reform. And a lot of really heated disagreement comes #Because these people are using the same label in such different ways #And mostly they are not so much defining anti-zionism but rather zionism as the opposition #So you get really conflicting ideas on what Zionism actually entails.#Idk. I would consider myself anti-Zionist because I think a ceasefire is an obvious good idea #And I think that Israel's actions in the past few months are totally unconscionable and some form of #Reparation is needed. Not sure where to go from there. Palestinians do deserve sovereignty and equal rights #Obviously. But I'm not well-versed in the history of the past century to know what from that might take #(Working on changing that)#But by some people's definition I might be a Zionist. Especially since I'm Jewish and my irl Jewish spaces are very #Heavily Zionist right now and I'm not willing to give them up although I do speak up where I can #Idk. I've read a fair amount on this. But I still feel like I don't know anything #And people online are so confident. It's kinda scary. I hope they're just better-read than me

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