problem is not Netanyahu, it is not Ben Gvir. it is the white supremacist mindset of Israeli public.
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problem is not Netanyahu, it is not Ben Gvir. it is the white supremacist mindset of Israeli public.
#Israel #Genocide #Politics #Inhumanity #Racism
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel
@jsomae
Fair enough. But the problem is that most of them are white Europeans
That’s actually not a problem. White europeans aren’t more capable of ethno-supremacy than other races. (Putting aside whether Ashkenazi are white in that sense at all – presumably not, since part of the reason Israel was funded was to get the Jews out of europe.) The problem is that Israel is an ethno-supremacist settler-colonist state. If you removed the Ashkenazi from Israel, the Sefardi for instance, or Mezrahi (who unarguably don’t resemble white europeans) would continue the settler-colonism on their own. They don’t actually need the Ashkenazi Jews for the state to perpetuate.
Whiteness is a malleable social construct that is entirely dependent on who’s passing as the default of settler society. The fact that Ashkenazis were not considered white in 1930s Germany has as little bearing on their whiteness today as Italians being considered people of color in 19th century USA.
I’m not talking about 1930’s Germany, I’m talking about the USA today lol. But yeah, it’s not relevant in Israel – that’s my point.
Yeah, I seem to have misread you, apologies. Not gonna edit the comment because it kind of says the same thing from a different angle.
Aren’t most Israeli Jews not European but Middle Eastern?
The problem isn’t that they are white Europeans at all, even if it’s true they are, the problem is that they are a settler colonial project.
@IttihadChe
JFC
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Yes, you’re correct. And even the Europeans are mostly Ashkenazi, who are sometimes considered white, sometimes not. If you ask the KKK, definitely not white – IMO that’s really what matters; if there are hate groups out for you, you’re probably not white.