Peter Beinart on Nostr: This language is so common that we forget how Orwellian it is. Self-determination is ...

This language is so common that we forget how Orwellian it is. Self-determination is determination of the self, not others. When you deny millions of people citizenship in the land of their birth because they're the wrong religion, that's not self-determination. It's apartheid.
https://bird.makeup/users/usjewishdems/statuses/1953545872937292268

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Zionism represents the right of Jewish people to self-determination in our ancestral homeland.

We're proud pro-Israel Democrats, who are also concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. All of these things are compatible.

The hate expressed by Del. Sam Rasoul doesn't belong in the Democratic Party.

https://jewishinsider.com/2025/08/virginia-sam-rasoul-zionism-education-committee-democrat/?utm_source=cio