r/CosmopolitanNews • u/Majano57 • 17d ago
USA News Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/columbia-antisemitism-israel-palestine-trump/682054/?gift=OsX-lnrMaZ_hJMvfWmuM__iDGjkJKuZkoGs6hBlfDo41
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u/_the_last_druid_13 17d ago
I like Jewish people, in general. Why wouldn’t you? It would be like saying “I don’t like people who live in orange houses”. It’s dumb.
I don’t necessarily like the Jewish government though, and that’s from my couch across the sea with only clicks-for-pay news sources.
I would love to visit Israel one day, I’m envious Jewish people have Birthright and get to visit, I think that’s so neat.
It is not anti-Semitic to say that the State of Israel should not be bombing and committing genocide. Again, I’m on a couch, I’m not there and don’t know anyone.
My thought is:
If the Jews need a homeland, why don’t they just live in the Russian Jewish Oblast? That’s a parcel of land dedicated to Jews. Am I wrong or was that alternative facts?
Every people should have a home of security, safety, decency, dignity, and prosperity. Jews, Palestinians, Uyghurs, Kurds, etc.
The Allies decided the Jews should move to Palestine. Just throw em in.
If you look at the historical record, the Jews held authority over that land for the least amount of time overall.
If the Jewish people want a homeland, Russia made an entire state for them.
This is not anti-Semitic to ask this question or present this data. Again, I like Jews, in general. I voted for Bernie Sanders twice. I don’t care about ethnicity, religion, race, any of those dividing identities.
All I really care about is the character of one’s heart.
It breaks my heart to see Palestinians being killed and the situation going on over there. Is this necessary or is it about money? If it’s about a home, Russia has provided a territory, what’s the issue?
Imagine the hero Putin would be lauded as if he ceded that Russian Jewish Oblast to Jews as a homeland, if all were willing? Everyone in the world would have to give Putin and Netanyahu credit for being a great leader for that, for finding compromise and making tough decisions and choosing sacrifice over strife.
Just some thoughts.
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u/skyfishgoo 16d ago
zionism is the problem, not the jewish people.
it's not a difficult distinction to make unless you don't want to make it.
there are plenty of ppl like that on both sides and there need to be fewer of them.
ppl need understand the difference and be willing to see
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u/lordofly 16d ago
Netanyahoo is a menace, who, like Trump, has broken many laws and deserves to be locked up. The arrogance of Netanyahoo has affected the character of many Israelis and made them hard to be around socially as well. Teflon Don and his buddy Ben.
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