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It is a right to have a safe place to live. It was clear to Jews after the Holocaust that Europe could no longer provide refuge and that Jewish state was needed. And while its true that the creation and maintenance of this state has come at a cost, you mustn't lose sight of the humanity that drove Israel's creation.

To your antisemitic point about 'the chosen people', its clear that you're not as smart nor as well read as you think you are. The delusion of chosen-ness is universal. Every people believes that the cosmic destiny of the universe hinges upon them. Look at what Hamas wrote in their refurbished (2017) charter.

"Palestine is the spirit of the Ummah and its central cause; it is the SOUL OF HUMANITY and its living conscience."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-2017-document-full

Palestinians suffer from the same delusions of grandeur.

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Every human being has a right to a safe place to live. The Palestinians had nothing to do with Holocaust.Antisemitism mainly Christian is to blame, as is Germany. Zionists had been promised land in other places like East Africa but they rebuffed. We know why? Torah says otherwise.

Why do these innocent Palestinians have to suffer? Keep in mind that the land was being given out by British colonists. At the time, scramble for land by these colonists was ongoing. Palestine is still under occupation while other colonists have long been driven out in colonial countries.

Let me start by saying that the Jews are not chosen. They are not. They are not special. Many do not acknowledge Jew's god, and so Yahweh's commands are nonsense to many. Chosen may be universal but Jew's is taken to be especial such that all in the world are to acknowledge their choseness. Torah is clear that the Jews are superior to the Gentiles. Torah reports that Yahweh, the divine landlord, gave Israel to his chosen people, adding that they are to clear the land of Gentiles lest "they become thorns on their flesh." The fact that Jews are taken to be special is strengthened by the fact that Christians, white Christians esp in USA, have also fallen for this delusion despite their scripture saying otherwise. Jews are not chosen. No one is chosen by any god. We are all EQUAL. This is not antisemitic. It's not antisemitic to diabuse this notion. It's humanism.

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Repeating what was said ALL HUMAN BEINGS DESERVE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. So should every persecuted minority get to have their own country and ethnically cleanse whoever is in their way? NO

A majority of the Israeli public will hopefully one day realize that they are creating a self-fulfilling prophecy in the name of “security”: by occupying and oppressing the Palestinians and stripping them of most basic rights in an apartheid state in the name of security, they are making Israeli security worse and worse.

It’s complete fear-mongerimg propaganda driven by right wing Israeli politicians and pundits that Palestinians as a whole want Jews out of Palestine. The vast majority want to simply co-exist in peace and want a decent life with economic opportunities. But Israel and the PA corrupt leaders won’t let happen.

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