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Until recently, in the US at least, there wasn’t any non-zionist choice. Same for the UK and for Germany. Thank God this is changing, but it’s going much too s
by nielsbot 6mo ago
Until recently, in the US at least, there wasn’t any non-zionist choice. Same for the UK and for Germany.
Thank God this is changing, but it’s going much too slowly.
- aeonfox 6mo agoWho's the 'non-zionist' choice in the US?
- karim79 6mo agoThe only one I can think of offhand is Bernie Sanders.
- nielsbot 6mo agoAnd even he was saying Zionist things just a few years ago. He’s not a paragon of anti-Zionism but glad he’s moved on this. At least publicly.
- redanddead 6mo agoIt's not crazy either, in Canada we have Avi Lewis, he leads a federal party and is very outspoken
- nslsm 6mo ago>Born into a working-class Jewish family and raised in New York…
- i_cannot_hack 6mo agoBeing jewish is not the same as condoning Israel's war crimes (which shouldn't even have to be clarified, but here we are...)
- bdangubic 6mo agoJoseph Biden
- karim79 6mo agoJoseph Biden is a self-proclaimed Zionist: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/i-am-zionist-how-joe-bidens-lifelong-bond-with-israel-shapes-war-policy-2023-10-21/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/i-am-zionist-how-joe-bidens...
- bdangubic 6mo agoI was being facetious but in all fairness he was anything but when he was in the Oval
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- basilgohar 6mo agoIt can be difficult, but many politicians are now running on explicitly anti-AIPAC and anti-Zionist campaigns. An example of this. Politicians are still politicians, and what a politician DOES is far more important than what one says. https://www.aza-pac.com/our-candidates https://www.aza-pac.com/our-candidates That being said, Zionism has become political poison. Even with massive funding, pro-Israel and Zionist candidates are losing left and right.
- Fervicus 6mo agoWhat politicians run on and what they do after getting elected does not often match sadly.