General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: I will stand up for Palestinian human rights and firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. They are the same job [View all]AloeVera
(4,685 posts)Israelis keep electing Likud, a party with a clear mandate of thwarting a Palestinian state by expanding the illegal settlements and exercising sole sovereignty between the river and the sea.
Looks like that's the version of Zionism Israelis prefer - which actually aligns perfectly with Ben-Gurion's call to expand to the whole of Palestine by using the newly-created state of Israel only as a stage, a stepping-stone, to total conquest.
According to polls, Israelis also - by a large majority - want their own Palestinian Citizens of Israel gone, to skedaddle out of their Israel.
Likud is Zionism in its original form pertaining to Palestinians and to claim Likud is an aberration is at odds with reality.
What you are saying about Zionism in essence is that, because the expansion and the expulsion of ALL is not yet complete, then Levy's claim is not true. That's like saying that since Project 2025 is not completed, there is no cause for worry because none of it can be true since all of it has not been fully implemented.
Or like saying since I could only manage the forced removal of 8 of my 10 neighbours and then proceeded to take their property and never compensated them or allowed them to come back home - then it's not true to accuse me of wanting them ALL gone (wink, wink). The fact that I am still working on removing the remaining two is fully ignored as well.
There is a word for that type of argument but it escapes me now. Some sort of fallacy, illogic - or something.