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I personally never said Israel is an ethnostate, but a Palestinian state is definitely not a mirror image of Zionism. It was never historically monoethnic and i
by someotherperson 2y ago
I personally never said Israel is an ethnostate, but a Palestinian state is definitely not a mirror image of Zionism. It was never historically monoethnic and issues with Jews is a post-Israeli thing. Not to discount pre-Israel antisemitism or the Arab nationalism movement, but national identity was always tied to a pan-ethnicity rather than religion or bloodline.
Maybe a simple example of this is Armenians (Christian, non-Arab) who would receive full citizenship in Palestine but are still stateless today in Israel[0].
[0] https://apnews.com/article/jerusalem-armenian-community-land-lease-controversy-c9126c0a159cd9a285f2bcfd31d67a5b https://apnews.com/article/jerusalem-armenian-community-land...
- weatherlite 2y agoPalestinians aren't an ethnicity then? But Jews are?
- someotherperson 2y agoI'm a bit confused by the response, but 'Palestinian' is not an ethnicity, no. 'Jews' are an ethnoreligious group.
- weatherlite 2y agoI'm a bit confused by your response as well, Palestinians are an ethnic group.