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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In reply to the poster who said Zionism as expressed originally is an ideology that says 1) Jews are a nation; 2) Jews cannot integrate, whether for their own reasons or widespread anti-semitism, into other societies; 3) therefore a homeland is necessary; and 4) all Jews should emigrate to that homeland.  Certainly, assimilation helps Jews avoid antisemitism for a while, but eventually not so much.  And Zionism does not require moving to the homeland.  Zionism does require supporting the existence of that homeland so it'll be there when push comes to shove, as it inevitably does.
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Fair point on emmigration.  I just don't see anything unique about Judaism or anti-Semitism that makes integration impossible and discrimination inevitable.  But, I'm an American and that's a very American mentality.

The Babylonians, Romans, Persians and Russians exiled lots of different people throughout history.  Genocide has also sadly happened on more than one occassion.  Heck, it wasn't even new for the Germans who did it to the Herero first. [/quote]

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