Jews were NOT safe before 1948. Whenever I post about antisemitic violence somewhere in the world, I read dozens of comments saying that if we would just give up Israel, Jews would be safe in the diaspora. As if Palestine is a good reason to beat a Jewish teenager in Paris or kill an American Jew in LA. Jews were not safe before Israel was declared independent in 1948. That’s precisely the need of the Zionist movement. Jews have been expelled or killed from their countries almost every generation, for thousands of years. Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492. They were hunted and killed in pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe. They were shot and gassed in Western Europe. They were killed in Iran and Iraq and had to flee the Middle East. They were expelled from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and the rest of North Africa. Israel is the only country I know I will never have to escape from because of my Jewish identity.
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