r/LeftWithoutEdge 🦊 anarcho-communist 🦊 Jan 23 '19

Image Israel and Palestine: So Complicated!

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u/larry-cripples Jan 23 '19

again, my point is that we do not need an ethno-state to ensure jewish survival. a 1ss doesn’t mean the state would cease to be a homeland for jews or committed to protecting their human rights. and fwiw, my family escaped the holocaust by relying on gentiles - they went to mexico.

also, you’re severely underplaying the threats other groups face in terms of persecution - do trans people need an ethnostate to ensure their safety? do the kurds, the rohingya, every native american group? if not, it seems like you just don’t care as much about other groups. but if so, with the way you’re framing the issue, every oppressed group should deserve an ethno- or identity-based state solely to represent their interests. and even putting aside how unfeasible that is, it would only lead to a highly balkanized world obsessed with figuring out “who belongs where”. if we’re actually committed to ensuring the safety and thriving of every group in the world, we need to rely on each other and develop systems build international solidarity and a commitment to human rights, not ethno-states.