• LordGimp
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    1 year ago

    You got sauce for the “most jews worldwide live in the US” statistic?

    • jack [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      @PKMKII@hexbear.net just linked it for you. Worth noting that the reason there are so many Jews in the US is because most European Jews fleeing anti-Semitism did not want to participate in the Zionist project. They were largely opposed to it, and saw the US as a safer, more stable option. Support for Israel among US Jews, to the extent it exists (not universal, but probably a majority) was cultivated over time by the state of Israel itself, which makes the claim that all Jews belong in Israel; the most intense Zionism, which characterizes Israel, doesn’t just want an Israel only for Jews. It wants Israel to be the only place for Jews, and to therefore create a 1:1 correlation between the Jewish people and the Israeli state. This is a very serious anti-Semitism when used against Israel, but goes largely uncriticized when used by Israel.