• tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    They didn’t compromise the ruling class initially, Zionism has been supported by the western bourgeoisie since it’s beginning, they benefit greatly from the arrangement materially and many elite Christians support Zionism ideologically. They have used Palestine as a laboratory for repression and murder for decades.

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      4 days ago

      A lot of it at the time was also antisemitism. They didn’t want to give Jews a homeland - they wanted to get rid of them and convinced them Israel was the answer. And the only people it’s worked out for are rich assholes and religious zealots.