Word: zionism
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...looked at the paper in my hand and saw that it claimed to "define" Zionism and explain why Zionism is racism. The flier was prepared and approved by the Society of Arab Students...
...Zionist," I began, "and I'm not a racist. So I have a problem with the claim that Zionism is racism...
Never mind that he was wrong. Most decisions of the UN General Assembly, including the "Zionism is Racism" resolution, do not in fact have the status of international law. (See the UN Charter, Chapter IV, Articles 10-14.) No big deal. After glancing at the paper in my hand, I had few illusions that our discussion would deal with verifiable facts. (The first line of the SAS flier said that the UN would vote on the "Zionism is Racism" resolution on December 17. The vote was yesterday. Check the date at the top of this page, and then...
Rebutting a series of inane claims point by point is usually fruitless, but a few doozies scream out for attention. After SAS "defines" Zionism, its flier declares that an "objective of Zionism" is that "Non-Jews needed to be removed from [the site of the Jewish State] in order to make room for the transplanted Jews and thus make possible the establishment of the Jewish State...
...asked Tarek who had made that a Zionist objective. He named Theodor Herzl, the father of modern political Zionism. Now, I have read a lot of Herzl, and I just couldn't think of where he says such a thing. Herzl's main political tract, The Jewish State, is mostly about why Jews cannot remain in the Diaspora. Herzl discusses several possible sites for a Jewish state without even mentioning the subject of prior inhabitants, much less advocating their removal. (See, for example, pages 95-96 in the Dover edition...