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At least 206 Jewish anti-Israel protesters were arrested Monday after hundreds rushed the New York Stock Exchange and staged a sit-in outside the Manhattan landmark, police said.

Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters wearing red shirts stormed toward the building on Broad Street in Lower Manhattan — then chained themselves to the doors just before the stock market’s opening bell at 9:30 a.m., footage shows.

A handful of demonstrators, who hail from the Jewish Voices for Peace group, could be seen removing their jackets as they set up shop outside the building — jackets they wore in a possible bid to conceal their anti-Israel attire and thwart any attempt to stop them ahead of time.

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[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

This survey shows a majority of American Jews are Zionists. The percentage of Zionists is much higher among Jews living in Israel. That gives you a solid majority for Zionism among Jews.

Mods won’t like this post and delete it, just like the one you answered to. They might even ban me.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Funny how you cite a source that doesn't even contain the word "Zionist", "Zionism", "Zion" anything.

If you actually have a look at the data you can see there's very significant chunks that don't have an issue with BDS, that don't think that Netanyahu is in any way serious about peace. Those are not the frothing-at-the-mouth Kahanites that people on the US left often mean when they say "Zionist". Yitzhak Rabin was a Zionist. Murdered by a Zionist.

It's more complicated than that and may I remind y'all that Hamas specifically targeted Hippie Kibutzim during their attack, the same kind of people who go into the West Bank during olive harvest so that settlers have a harder time shooting Palestinians, which is one of the reasons why the Israeli government doesn't give a rat's arse about the hostages.

The biggest enemies of the Zionist project, currently, is the type of people running the Israeli government. Because if you're out for a place for Jews to call home, to live in peace and prosperity, antagonising the fuck out of everyone is not the way to go about it. Traitors to the movement, the lot of them.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That survey says the opposite of what you think it does. Zionism now is essentially the Jewish version of white supremacy. It's radical. It's dangerous.

But when the survey you link to states quite clearly:

"And most Jewish adults took the position that God “did not literally give” the land of Israel to the Jewish people (42%) or said they do not believe in God or a higher power at all (24%)."

That's not Zionism as currently defined.

Zionism is independent of being religious or secular.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

America and Israel. The only two countries in the world with Jews.

FACT.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Together they contain more than 80% of Jews.

Recent Jewish population dynamics are characterized by continued steady increase in Israeli Jewry and flat or declining numbers in other countries (the diaspora)

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I see. So based on your "evidence," 60% of the percentage of the 80% of Jews that live in America in that combined 80% total of Israel and the U.S. are "Zionists" (even though that's not what your poll said).

This is what the poll said:

Among U.S. Jews overall, 58% say they are very or somewhat emotionally attached to Israel,

"Somewhat emotionally attached to Israel" is not Zionism by any stretch of the imagination.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Emotionally attached means they want it to continue existing. That’s Zionism.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No. No it does not. I live in Indiana. I was born here. I have an emotional attachment to it.

If Canada decided to invade and turn this into Upper Ontario, because Canadian names are weird, I not only wouldn't give a shit, I'd welcome the universal healthcare.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you advocating for Israel to annex the West Bank so Palestinians get better healthcare?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No. And the people who claim they have an emotional attachment to Israel are not necessarily advocating for that either. A point you now seem to be intentionally missing.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Plenty of Zionists want a two state solution and for Israel to stop the occupation in the West Bank.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That isn't even relevant to the 'emotional attachment' thing. You're just bringing up irrelevancies because you want Jew to equal Israeli and vice-versa.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They’re of course not equal, but there’s a relationship.

Lots if Israelis and Zionists don’t agree with Netanyahu‘s policies.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How kind of you to finally acknowledge that after two days of "Jews support Israel and this shitty poll that doesn't prove that proves it."

Too bad you couldn't have just come in here and congratulated the Jewish members JVFP that were just arrested for this work of activism and decided to make this whole thing an attack on Jews instead.

Of course, you have yet to even acknowledge this activism despite that the fact that they STORMED THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Not good enough for you to even acknowledge in a post about that activism apparently.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never said there’s no protest or it didn’t happen. Stop making up stuff.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That is not what I said. Please re-read what I wrote:

Of course, you have yet to even acknowledge this activism despite that the fact that they STORMED THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.

Not good enough for you to even acknowledge in a post about that activism apparently.

You still have not acknowledged what they did, let alone suggested that they did a good thing.