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Jonathan Freirich's avatar

Thank you for a thoughtful and helpful analysis. I will be citing you!

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Opus 6's avatar

For crying out loud, the original Zionists openly stated that Zionism was a colonial project. That’s why they set up institutions with the word “colonial” in them. I suppose you’ve never read the Iron Wall? It is just absurd that people write articles today denying that Zionism was a colonial enterprise, like white Southerners in the United States denying that their ancestors fought for slavery even though their ancestors openly said that’s what they were fighting for.

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Adam Louis-Klein's avatar

It's time to move beyond words and start treating facts. Away from rhetorical maneuvers, and toward grounded truth. While “colony” has always been polysemic—and its meaning has shifted over time, from Ancient Greek settlements to Native American colonies—Jewish indigeneity is a constant: the enduring connection of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel, fundamental to our identity.

Colonizer libel. Indigeneity denial. White-coding. This isn’t critique. It’s erasure.

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Opus 6's avatar

That’s got to be AI, hasn’t it?

It makes me wonder whether the original post was AI.

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Rikki Schoenthal's avatar

I SO much appreciate your well thought and articulated essays,

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Sheri Oz's avatar

Interesting case study here.

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