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82% of Israelis Support Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza, Poll Finds (countercurrents.org)
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Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A new poll has revealed alarming support among Israeli Jews for the ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The survey, published Thursday in Haaretz, shows that 82% of Jewish Israelis back the idea of expelling native Palestinians from the strip.

The poll was conducted in March by one of the researchers on behalf of Penn State University. It surveyed 1,005 Jewish respondents across Israel.

Support for forced expulsions has spiked. 82% support expelling all Palestinians from Gaza. Over half—56%—also back expelling Native Palestinians who are citizens of Israel. In 2003, support for these views was lower at 45% and 31%, respectively.

The trend is strongest among younger generations. Among Jewish Israelis under 40, 66% support expelling native Palestinian citizens, and 58% support repeating the Jericho conquest. Only 9% of men under 40—those most likely to serve in the army—rejected all notions of expulsion or genocide.

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[–] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The more I read about humans, the less I identify with them.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Zionists aren't human.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trying to define political enemies as not human is literal Nazi shit, do better.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I ultimately agree with the premise, which is why under any other context I don't focus on Zionists humanity, but their actions and ideology, but this was a quick, slightly snarky, reply to someone saying Zionists make him lose faith in humanity.

A better way to have phrased it would have been "Zionists don't represent humanity".

But also, I don't think a negative comment online about the modern day Nazis being inhuman due to their ideology which denies basic human values is akin to the systemic dehumanization Nazis performed from a position of almost absolute power on innocent groups who weren't conducting a heinous genocide.

Nazis dehumanized vulnerable groups in a genocidal effort. My words are specifically towards denouncing the followers of Zionist ideology for enaging in those same genocidal efforts.

Again, your intentions are absolutely valid but I don't think the whole "this is literal Nazi shit, do better" is necessary and on some level actually lessens the harm of what Nazis actually did, similar to how my comment accidentally leaned into their rhetoric.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 5 days ago

I can agree with "Zionists don't represent humanity".

I take your point that dehumanization by itself is a tiny part of what the Nazis did, it isn't unique to them, and that the surrounding power dynamics are important. My comment was a "quick, slightly snarky" reply 😉

I do think that dehumanization is a dangerous tactic because, while it might have been a small part of the Nazi regime's actions, it seems like it was crucial in order for them to get social & moral licence for a lot of the rest of their actions (as happened during the development of racism, and is now happening against migrants).

And, while recognizing that not every Zionist is Jewish, the amount of antisemitism that still exists (and the sad number of people who just swap out "jews" for "zionists" to get cover to keep pushing the same antisemitic conspiracy theories) does seem to add up to a bit of "vulnerability" as you put it, which seems to add to the danger of dehumanization.