• geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
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    12 hours ago

    Israelis are Atheists. Zionism is an Atheist movement.

    The father of Zionism Theodor Herzl was an Atheist.

    Israel’s first PM Ben Gurion was a hardcore atheist.

    Israel is a consequence of Liberalism. It is pure Western colonialism nothing more.

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      14 hours ago

      Zionism is an ostensibly secular movement. Secularity is not atheism. Pretext is not motivation.

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        12 hours ago

        No Zionism is very much is an Atheistic movement. It does not define Jewishness as a religion but as a race. And they basically believe Jews are the Ubermensch. This is why early Zionists were booted out of Germany by their religiously Jewish counterparts… Zionism is a classic story of settler-colonialism inspired by European Liberalism.

        Haaretz - How Israel Went From Atheist Zionism to Jewish State

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          I’d like to see a primary source over this, but this opinion gives me something to think about.