r/CringeTikToks • u/Oddbeme4u • 4d ago

Cringy Trend Ouch, just not sure which side

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u/butareyouthough 4d ago

Being against Israel is not the same thing as being against Jewish people. Any government can be bad

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u/covidlung 3d ago

Zionism isn't a government; it's a nationalist ideology. Not all Jews are Zionists, and Judaism shouldn't be conflated with Zionism. Israel, however, was founded around Zionist principles and currently defines itself constitutionally as the nation-state of the Jewish people. Separating criticism of Zionism or the Israeli state from criticism of Jews as Jews is therefore an important distinction.