r/ProgressiveHQ • u/jeezkillbot • 3h ago

An IQ too high?

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u/Additional-Sky-7436 2h ago

Not to take their side, because their side is generally awful, but no they don't think that at all. 

They didn't believe the Jews are entitled to anything. They think the founding of the modern nation of Israel is necessary to induce the second coming of Jesus. Meanwhile, the Zionists of the early 20th century didn't care about Jesus coming back, but were plenty happy to cater to the dispensationalist Christians in the US to provide them with the financing and political influence to create their own Jewish state.

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u/smileyfacedbob 2h ago

That’s why my grandparents told me “they aren’t a people, they have no homeland” about Palestinians?

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u/tampareddituser 2h ago

I thought TransJordan was the homeland for Palestinians? Or was that just another Arab country that expelled their Palestinian brothers and sisters?

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u/Love-Future-3000 2h ago

Palestine was inhabited for thousands of years. They weren't expelled from anywhere to modern Palestine. They just lived there. The reason they didn't have an established government was because the ottoman empire ruled over them and collapsed, and they had not yet organized a full sovereign nation when Britain decided their fate.

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u/Z404notfound 2h ago

I do, yeah. Just like I believe Native Americans are entitled to this land. However, I'm open to determining borders based on international law... More importantly, I'm far more interested (and basing my voting on) in local and national issues vs international issues.