Zionism: at its core, a movement for Jewish national self-determination in the Jewish people’s historic homeland.
That’s it.
Let’s address your claim, though. But first, let’s point out some facts.
Jews did not suddenly invent a connection to this land in 1948. Jewish history, religion, culture and national identity are rooted there across millennia. And let’s be honest, Zarah, you were already well aware of all of this.
Now, as for Zionism being “racist”.
Modern Israel is not a racially homogeneous state. It is home to Jews from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Ethiopia and elsewhere, alongside Muslim Arabs, Christians, Druze, Bedouins and other communities.
Ironically, it is Muslim women in Israel who are able to vote, stand for office, attend universities, work in professions and are protected by the same civil legal framework as other Israeli citizens.
Not something that can be said for the vast number of Muslim-majority countries out there, is it? Countries where women have next to no rights, or are married off to significantly older men while they’re still children.
But let’s take it further, Zarah. You’re Pakistani, so this should be a subject you’re familiar with. Pakistanis, like many other Muslim-majority countries and communities, are no strangers to consanguineous marriage. In simpler terms, inbreeding.
It is Israel, of all places, that has substantial research and treatment programmes for recessive genetic diseases, partly because consanguinity also occurs in some Israeli Arab and Bedouin communities.
Again, how on earth you would equate Zionism with racism in that context is beyond me. In fact, Israel is THE country where you or members of your family could potentially benefit from treatment if you or they are affected by a recessive genetic disorder linked to cousin marriage, which, statiscally is highly likely.
I could keep going, but we would be here all day, so I’ll leave it here for now.
I hope you enjoyed reading this from your iPhone or Android phone with Israeli “Zionist” components in it.
Yapping “Zionism is racism” might work with the cognitively underdeveloped crowd you attract. Unfortunately for you, and for them, there are still people out there who possess the ability to think critically.
Or, just think...