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“Should we be unable to find a way to honest cooperation and honest pacts with the Arabs, then we have learned absolutely nothing during our 2,000 years of suff
by zogrodea 3y ago
“Should we be unable to find a way to honest cooperation and honest pacts with the Arabs, then we have learned absolutely nothing during our 2,000 years of suffering.”
Einstein in his letter to Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, Nov. 25, 1929, AEA (Albert Einstein Archives) 33-411.
He's not alone in this sentiment. Other prominent Jews like Hannah Arendt were anti-Zionist too.
- DoreenMichele 3y agoThat has no bearing on what I said. Israel exists due to this goal to establish a Jewish homeland. This is where we are. Einstein's vision was not followed and his fame as a Nobel prize winner doesn't automatically mean he had the best answer. If only everyone were kind-hearted and well-meaning and acted in good faith and etc, then maybe we wouldn't need religion or government. That, however, is not the world we live in and being too "nice" can mean you just enable the bad behavior of people less nice than you.
- jacquesm 3y agoAs are many present day Jews both inside and outside of Israel. And not all of those are of the same plumage either, there are moderate anti-Zionist Jews as well as Ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist Jews. It's all pretty confusing, from what I understand it has to do with different opinions on how the state of Israel came into being for the latter.