I am an anti-Zionist but I do sometimes flinch when I see people describing Zionism as uniquely "evil", as if it was somehow worse than or wasn't a part of the widespread evils of capitalism, colonialism and nationalism...

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I think that one of the reasons this motion has sparked fury is because it hits too close to home, not just for Jews but for Europeans in general, forcing us to acknowledge that a lot of the privileges we enjoy are founded on colonialism and by extension on racism

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I'm sort of playing devil's advocate, because I don't really believe that Zionism has brought freedom or security for Jews, including for Jews in Palestine. My point is: one can believe that it has, and still acknowledge that Zionism is racist

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I think a lot of the conflict around this motion revolves around the use of the word "racism". I was chatting to my french partner about this, and he said that even though colonialism is recognised as a crime in France, he thinks a lot of people would be furious if it were recognised as racism

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The Zionist movement did provide a homeland for Jews fleeing persecution in Europe or languishing in DP camps after the Holocaust (I would argue it also provided a cop put for European states who failed to deal with the consequences of their own antisemitism but that's for another thread)

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