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Sentences that begin something like:
'I'm not being racist, but.....'
Probably shouldn't be said in the first place.
Also you're overly simplifying the creation of Israel.
Perhaps looking at it now, suggesting and creating a Jewish state in the middle of warring Muslim arab nations was not the best course for peace and harmony, but technically it is the Jewish homeland and they were there before the Christians and muslims.Also breaking apart the previous land empire into parts was not a simple task, all countries within and around will have a difference stance on what they wanted and felt they deserved.
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If I was being lenient, I’d say you were referring to ex-Military specifically, which wouldn’t be racist/antisemitic.
I know a good handful of lads, from the north of England, who served a couple of tours… and the way that has coloured their life experience in their formative years, well they say some things I don’t like or agree with.
This observation is not the same as me saying “northern ex army lads have some questionable opinions”. They’re only northern because so am I, and that’s how I know them. It’s an aside detail.
The right to exist is one thing, then being placed in an area where everyone that was there didn't want those people there. Don't the people living there and have done for centuries have a right to exist in their land?
There was a choice of somewhere in Africa and somewhere in the US. Why not pick the US?
I'm not sure if I'm being antisemitic, meeting some Israelis, travelling after their military service, were not very nice people and had strong opinions on the local gentiles.