'We find this rhetorical tactic antithetical to Jewish values, which teach us to repair the world, question authority, and champion the oppressed over the oppressor.'
No, you’re mistaken. It wouldn’t matter if it had no religious sites on it, anymore than it didn’t matter that North and South America didn’t have any religious sites on it that would have meant anything to the Europeans who colonized it.
This sounds a lot like “the civil war was about states’ rights” but I’ll bite. If the blindingly obvious religious lines are wrong and this is about that land… why?
Defending the confederacy is an incredibly unkind way to frame someone’s position, so thanks for that.
Why? It’s simple. Israel wants the land. Palestinians are currently occupying the land. Hence, Israel wants to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians so they can occupy and use the land. Individual Israelis may view it in religious terms, and things may be framed that way for messaging purposes, but the cause of the conflict is a very material desire for more land and more resources.
No, you’re mistaken. It wouldn’t matter if it had no religious sites on it, anymore than it didn’t matter that North and South America didn’t have any religious sites on it that would have meant anything to the Europeans who colonized it.
This conflict is material in nature.
This sounds a lot like “the civil war was about states’ rights” but I’ll bite. If the blindingly obvious religious lines are wrong and this is about that land… why?
Defending the confederacy is an incredibly unkind way to frame someone’s position, so thanks for that.
Why? It’s simple. Israel wants the land. Palestinians are currently occupying the land. Hence, Israel wants to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians so they can occupy and use the land. Individual Israelis may view it in religious terms, and things may be framed that way for messaging purposes, but the cause of the conflict is a very material desire for more land and more resources.