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So I keep getting different responses.
Is zionism just believing that the Jewish people also deserve a place in their ancestral homeland (this would be me), or is it giving them a pass for genocide (this would not be me).
I'm in the "Israel as the dominant military force in the area needs to take responsibility for the pain they have inflicted on the Palestinian (who are also in their ancestral homeland) people and end apartheid and genocidal practices in the area. There would be no support for terrorist actions outside of a small subsection of religious extremists if the Israeli government worked to uplift the Palestinian people instead of attempting to subjugate them."
Is this a bad take?
Here's the thing it isn't our ancestral homeland. I'm from Texas. If you wanted to go back further Ireland.
I have a right to live in Israel despite the fact that no one in my family tree has ever set foot there. Meanwhile a person who's family in living memory was ethnically cleansed from the area does not.
Before the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine it was actually debated by Zionists on whether it should be Palestine or somewhere in continental Africa.
So you would argue that indigenaity expires?
I would argue the concept of indigenousness is much more nebulous than we think.
On my moms side family is from Ireland. Came to the US during the potato famine. Does that make me indigenous to Ireland and if so what rights should go along with that?
My dad's side is from Italy again does that make me indigenous to Italy? Should I be guaranteed Italian citizenship?
We know all humans came out of Africa does that mean that continental Africa is my true homeland?
I am also a Jew and as a Jew despite having never had family in occupied Palestine I am entitled to citizenship there.
I was born and raised in Texas so has every family member I know of since the potato famine. I have deep cultural ties to the state but no one would argue I'm indigenous to Texas.