And even if the Jews were to win the war, its end would find the unique possibilities and the unique achievements of Zionism in Palestine destroyed. The land that would come into being would be something quite other than the dream of world Jewry, Zionist and non-Zionist. The ‘victorious’ Jews would live surrounded by an entirely hostile Arab population, secluded into ever-threatened borders, absorbed with physical self-defense to a degree that would submerge all other interests and acitvities. The growth of a Jewish culture would cease to be the concern of the whole people; social experiments would have to be discarded as impractical luxuries; political thought would center around military strategy…. And all this would be the fate of a nation that — no matter how many immigrants it could still absorb and how far it extended its boundaries (the whole of Palestine and Transjordan is the insane Revisionist demand)–would still remain a very small people greatly outnumbered by hostile neighbors.
Under such circumstances… the Palestinian Jews would degenerate into one of those small warrior tribes about whose possibilities and importance history has amply informed us since the days of Sparta. Their relations with world Jewry would become problematical, since their defense interests might clash at any moment with those of other countries where large number of Jews lived. Palestine Jewry would eventually separate itself from the larger body of world Jewry and in its isolation develop into an entirely new people. Thus it becomes plain that at this moment and under present circumstances a Jewish state can only be erected at the price of the Jewish homeland…
It should be noted, that they want that isolation- and they also want people to hate ashkenazi Jews so that maybe they “come home”.
Nothing breeds internal unity like external threats. Cults- and the vast majority of religions use this all the time, to scare people into not leaving.
Their relations with world Jewry would become problematical, since their defense interests might clash at any moment with those of other countries where large number of Jews lived. Palestine Jewry would eventually separate itself from the larger body of world Jewry and in its isolation develop into an entirely new people.
Is that really notable today? I’d like to read some sources on that. It seems the diaspora keeps supporting them. For example, the big donors who threatened to stop funding USA universities if they don’t censor the protests.
In EU, I also frequently read about organizations against anti-Semitism amalgamate pro-Palestinian sentiments with anti-Semitism.
Support for the Palestinian cause amongst Jewish-Americans, at least, was considerably higher than the general population of Americans, and certainly higher than it is in Israel.
It should be noted, that they want that isolation- and they also want people to hate ashkenazi Jews so that maybe they “come home”.
Nothing breeds internal unity like external threats. Cults- and the vast majority of religions use this all the time, to scare people into not leaving.
Amazing that people saw this coming so long ago actually. Although they’re currently on reasonably good terms with Egypt.
Is that really notable today? I’d like to read some sources on that. It seems the diaspora keeps supporting them. For example, the big donors who threatened to stop funding USA universities if they don’t censor the protests.
In EU, I also frequently read about organizations against anti-Semitism amalgamate pro-Palestinian sentiments with anti-Semitism.
Support for the Palestinian cause amongst Jewish-Americans, at least, was considerably higher than the general population of Americans, and certainly higher than it is in Israel.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/24/american-jews-critical-israeli-settlements-west-bank
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/us-jews-rift-gaza-israel-crisis
https://jewishcurrents.org/recent-polls-of-us-jews-reflect-polarized-community
Thank you, I’ll read it.