Thank G-d for Israel

And his politboro want to eliminate the Jew "problem"

is what moved many religious indigenous Jews into accepting Zionism, they had been resistant before. What sparked the vision of Zionism were centuries of persecution and anti-Semitism from Christian Europe. The desire for a homeland is honorable.

But to claim that one is only responsible for one's group and not for how one treats others is an example of reductionism that the worst tyrants follow. And that is the issue that needs to be debated with universal standards rather than reductionism. That Europeans should have had more rights to the land than indigenous people is outrageous in most regions. So why should we consider it any different when we add the words European Jews and Palestinians for indigenous Arabs?

Do we have to betray our commitment to equality to support Israel? Certain groups of Zionists don't even flinch at that thought. Other groups of Zionists and many non-Zionists see the ominous implications.