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BayCityProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-30-06 11:45 AM
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26. Just want to point one thing out
Zionism didn't use claims of a divine right for a Jewish state. In fact, the original proponents weren't even sure if a Jewish state would be in Israel. The concept of Zionism was that Jews could have a state where they were a majority and could practice their customs and religion without persecution. Jews were also persecuted for their ethnicity. The purpose of the Jewish state was to make a place free of this. After WW2 this was seen as even more important to ensure that there would always be a refuge for Jews and the holocaust could not be repeated. Most of Israel's founders were socialists. Now, I am sure that there are many religious fanatics that hold a differrent view, just as here in America, but those were the original goals.
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