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[ OPINION] ‘Israelis go back to Europe?’ Some on the left need to rethink their slogans | Jo-Ann Mort (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Unequivocally, and as a Palestine liberation supporter: any call to broadly expel the Jews from the lands of historic Palestine is Anti-semitism.

At the same time, I haven't actually heard this slogan at any marches or encampments in my city.

Regardless, the key is to understand that a Jewish safe homeland in the lands of historic Palestine does not necessarily mean a Jewish ethnostate.

The utopian Zionist dream (not the Kahanist dystopia of "really existing" Zionism) is realizable in a free, democratic and equal binational state, with both Aliyah and the Right to Return for Palestinians, following a Truth and Reconciliation process and the payment of Reparations.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We in Montréal heard it, but there were also shooting at Jewish schools so maybe they're unrelated

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Hello fellow Montrealer. I did not know that vile slogan was chanted here, it is even more stupid in a settler society like Canada. I knew about the shooting of the empty schools, and it's frankly revolting.

Apart from actual antisemite scum, there are reasonable people that just don't understand (yet) the key role of Jewish safety for Palestinian liberation.

I want a vibrant, safe and flourishing Jewish community here in Montreal. I want Jewish people here to weigh doing aliyah vs staying in Montreal and choosing the second as a no-brainer obvious option. Literally the opposite of the kind of antisemitic zionism of the right wingers: I don't want Jews to be carted off away from me, I want them to stay right here, keep being my neighbours, free and safe. And together we can work on decolonizing Turtle Island, but that's a whole other story.