Prolific Israel critic Norman Finkelstein, has suggested that the Palestinians' supporters should replace "Zionism" with "Jewish supremacy". Because to them, Zi

Prolific Israel critic Norman Finkelstein, has suggested that the Palestinians' supporters should replace "Zionism" with "Jewish supremacy". Because to them, Zionism and Jewish supremacy is the same thing. It would be quite difficult for Facebook and the other tech giants to ban "fuck Jewish supremacy" while allowing "fuck white supremacy" (or "fuck black supremacy"). Another advantage would be that labeling Israel a "Jewish supremacist state" is both a more precise and a more serious allegation than labeling it a "Zionist state". Given what is going on in Gaza and the evictions in East Jerusalem, the allegation probably isn't far-fetched to the general public. Furthermore, it allows for those who define themselves as Zionists not to feel threatened, unless they also support supremacist policies. Like how I don't feel threatened by condemnations of white supremacy or how most Muslims don't feel threatened by condemnations of ISIS or Saudi Arabia. However, unlike white supremacy, Jewish supremacy has strong non-Jewish support; from evangelical Christians in the US and many right-wing parties in Europe. To the latter group, Israel's treatment of "the Muslims" is something to be imitated in their home countries. In a way, the war over the word Zionism is like the war over Communism in reverse. Communists had to defend or downplay the Soviet Union's human rights abuses, exactly like Zionists today defend Israel's abuses. They had to argue that Communism wasn't the same thing as the Soviet System, just like Zionists have to argue that Zionism isn't the same thing as Israel's record-breaking 50-year-old long occupation. The Communists lost the war over the word and today most Communists call themselves Socialists instead (me included). We'll see if the Zionists can defend their word better. They certainly are in a much better position to do so than the Communists ever were.