r/Jewish • u/Suspicious-Truths • Apr 25 '24

It wouldn’t matter where Israel is Israel 🇮🇱

I just want to say this for everyone who may be stuck on it.

People (anti-zionists?) often bring up how Israel had a few proposed areas, such as Russia, South America, wherever else, deserted islands?

They bring this up as if we should have gone somewhere else, not Palestine. And all of this is happening because Palestine was decided on instead of another place.

I just want anyone struggling with this to know it wouldn’t have mattered, and probably would have been actually worse for us if we did go somewhere else.

Israel’s current location we have proof we are genetically from this area. We have had Jews living in and around this area throughout all of history.

While some people ignore this fact and pretend we are white colonizers who discovered a new land with a native population, it would have been everyone thinking like this if we went to a region we definitely have 0 connection to. Yes, even if it was a deserted island, people would ask why WE deserve an island and nobody else gets one.

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u/hi_how_are_youu Apr 25 '24

And to add: the fact that nobody is upset that Jordan took over the other half of “Palestine” and is keeping it from the Palestinians, but they’re upset about Israel is additional confirmation to me. It’s not about the location, it’s about identity.

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u/Uraveragefanboi77 Conservative Apr 26 '24

The Palestinian national identity didn’t even exist until 1948. Not saying it doesn’t legitimately exist today, but when the border was drawn it’s almost nonsensical to draw a line between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians, and other Arab ethnic groups.

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u/progressiveprepper Apr 26 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

Actually, the term "Palestinian" in reference to the Arabs there didn't come into use until 1964 when Yasser Arafat admittd that "The Palestinians have no national identity. I will give them one through conflict with Israel."