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I would love it if your response addressed the points in my comment, but it seems like you're deliberately ignoring them.

Again, I agree that the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians is abhorrent. That's not an anti-Semitic opinion! Claiming that Jews are not native to the Middle East and are an attempt to replace Palestinians is factually wrong, though, and does rely on anti-Semitic tropes.

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Yes, Jews are native to the Middle East, specifically the area of Israel/Palestine. But why should that make Palestinians who lost their land feel any better? It's irrelevant.

It shouldn't, and it doesn't. I agree that it doesn't and that Israel's treatment of Palestinians is terrible. My point is we can have this discussion without also (incorrectly) relying on anti-Semitic tropes of Jewish replacement.

(I am Jewish, but I do not support the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians.)

If we go far enough back, we are all natives of Africa. That's not a helpful way to look at things in the present though.

> Claiming that Jews are not native to the Middle East and are an attempt to replace Palestinians is factually wrong, though,

You stuck an 'and' between two ideas there. Native? Sure. Not an attempt to replace Palestinians? That's an uphill argument you've carved off for yourself that runs counter to all observable facts.

May as well just fall back on the classic "it was our land first" and have done with, since honestly you're not going to come up with any moral justification that holds up any better.

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