If You Hate Israel, You’re No Friend of the Jews
It’s one thing to criticize Israel. It’s another thing entirely to be against the very existence of the Jewish state. In this clarifying video, Dennis Prager defines the difference and explains why anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism are one and the same.
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Script:
Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy because, they claim, Italy’s origins are illegitimate. Imagine further that these people maintain that of all the countries in the world, only Italy doesn’t deserve to exist. And then imagine that these people vigorously deny that they are anti-Italian. Would you believe them?
Now substitute “Israel” for “Italy,” and you’ll understand the dishonesty and absurdity of the argument that one can be anti-Zionist—that is, against the existence of a Jewish state—but not anti-Semitic.
But that is precisely what anti-Zionists say. They argue that Israel’s existence is illegitimate. They don’t believe this of any other country in the world, no matter how bloody its origins. And then they get offended when they’re accused of being anti-Semitic.
How can they make this argument?
First, they change the topic. They say it’s unfair to charge those who merely “criticize” Israel with being anti-Semitic. But criticism of Israel is fine. Denying Israel’s right to exist isn’t. Anti-Zionism isn’t criticism of Israel. Anti-Zionism is opposition to Israel’s existence.
Zionism is the name of the movement that advocates for the return of Jews to their historic homeland. Over the past 3,000 years, there were only two independent states located in what is called Israel. Both were Jewish states, and invaders destroyed both. No Arab or Muslim or any other country ever existed in that land, which was only named Palestine by the Romans to remove all memory of the Jewish state they destroyed in the year 70.
Second, anti-Zionists claim they can’t be anti-Jewish because Zionism has nothing to do with Judaism. That’s equally false. It is the same as saying Italy has nothing to do with being Italian.
Judaism has always—always—consisted of three components: God, Torah and Israel. If Israel isn’t part of Judaism, neither is the Bible or God.
Third, anti-Zionists claim that Judaism is only a religion; therefore, Jews are only members of a religion, not a nation. But the Jews are called a “nation” more than a hundred times in the Bible. That is why there can be irreligious, secular and even atheist Jews—because Jews are not only a religion. They are also a people, or a nation. There are no atheist Christians because Christianity is only a religion.
Fourth, the anti-Zionists claim that Israel is illegitimate because it is racist. This is the fraudulent charge Israel-haters and America-haters make against two of the least racist societies in the world. Half of Israel’s Jews are not even white, and anyone, of any race or ethnicity, can become a Jew.
Plus, 1 of 5 Israelis isn’t a Jew. And these Israeli citizens, mostly Arab Muslims, have the same rights as Jewish Israelis.
As for Israel’s control of the West Bank, that has nothing to do with race. Israel doesn’t control the West Bank because Palestinians are of another race—but because Palestinians and their Arab allies tried to destroy Israel in 1967, and they lost the war. Palestinians have rejected offers to found their own state on five separate occasions since 1947. That’s the only reason they don’t have their own state. And why have they always rejected building a Palestinian state? Because they have always been more interested in destroying the Jewish state.
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No one believes you any more save your money
Makes sense, coming from a group of Zionists.
I guess we're not friends. That's fine
If you hate The Jews, you hate Jesus Christ of Nazareth The Son of God WHO IS ALSO The Lamb 🐑 of God and The Lion 🦁 of Judah!
Italy didn't cause a Nakba in 1948. Big difference…
yup he did his research
A great teacher I knew would say "Don't elucidate on the obvious." There are critics of Israeli policies-no problem with that at all.But if you hate Israel spare us the lie that you are a friend of the Jews.
I'm Catholic. We are the continuation of Judaism with valid priesthood and the sacrifice of Jesus. I proudly do not support Israel or the Jews. PRAGER CONVERT TO CATHOLICISM!
Im proud im anti zionist
Italy as nation continuously existed well over 2000 years while Israel was first found in 1948 by the Brits
There are a ton of jews that despise the existence of Israel lolololol
2:29 SO? the Quran said that muslims are a nation to, ¿ARE THE MUSLIMS OF BOSNIA THE SAME NATION THAT ARABS?
Becuase natives italians, who live in italy during centuries (And have a common culture and lenguish) are absolutly comparable to a group of colons from literaly every place in earth that have just religion in common, and stole a land by war TOTALY LEGITIMATE
So true..Israel will be forever successful
im an antizionist and all colonial regimes are illegitimate stfu
Very important video. Thank you for this! Proves how deep anti-Semitism really goes. I've been referring to it as a "mental illness" these days because like other mental illnesses, I don't think that people necessarily believe they are biased towards Jews, I think they have picked up on what they hear in the media or on Tik-Tok or what have you, and then their minds become ill with paranoid and confused thoughts.
So are you gonna quietly delete your videos with Candace Owens? Like you did with the one on the General Lee statues?
Not all Jewish are zionists….
I hate Israel
Most Israelis are NOT religious Jews
Most Israelis are NOT zionists
Most Zionist are NOT even Jews
Most Jews are NOT Israelis nor do they like Israel
Jews are protesting Isnotreal all over the world
100 years ago there was an Italy
100 years ago there wasn’t an Isnotreal
Fun Fact, Zionists and Nazi’s minted a coin together
Bingo!
womp womp
Criticizing Israel's barabric and illegal sanctions on the Palestinians and their genocide on Gaza is NOT a question of anti semitism or even religion at all. It is a politcal question of human rights. Im sick of Israel playing the victim card and hiding behind the 'anti semitism ' defense.
i hate israel and im jewish so how is this going to work??
italy is not israel
I am shocked of this lies
This is garbage
Malaysia 🇲🇾
100% flushed away Israel as a country
99% flushed away Jews race
1% believed in Jewish teaching (Because some part of the Quran had Jewish teaching)
Other normal day as usual (Israel doesn't existed on earth either) it just another land for Arab in reality.
Jew phobia rather than just antisemitic, yet zero knowledge about Jew but still hating it without any reason, most said hatred due to Pro-Palestine but in reality zero knowledge.
The one that had a ❤ and remember Bible teaching or the Quran teaching about (Promise Land for Jew) a very old teaching but few ❤ survive to believed in such God's promised and Given.
as rare as extra zero 0.1% that think of Isreal as a country.
Is Israel a hell and Malaysia a paradise of the earth ?
or the another way around ?
There are Jews who believe that Israel is illegitimate are they anti-Semitic?!!
Anti Zionist Jews:
"Imagine a group of people who work to destroy Italy".
So basically the J and how they view the West.
Decades from now, after the Israeli regime is dismantled, Dennis Prager will be remembered as a man who condoned the same thing that Nazi ideologues condoned before him: genocide.
Well for starters, Jews aren’t a race, they’re an ethnic group that tends to follow the Judaic religion. They claimed extremely often that Palestine was illegitimate since they were there first… 2000 years ago. Palestine was there long before people migrated back to the area, and that history is relatively recent, and as such, is still subject to discussion. The Jewish state was built on an incursion, and much of the argument for it is based upon religious bias. The Palestinian people didn’t deserve to have a whole other nation appear on their doorstep and then take over larger and larger amounts of the area. Hamas and the Palestinian government are disgraceful, few ever dare to disagree, but so is that of the Israeli government and the IDF. Supporting the separation of the two isn’t anti-semitism, it’s historical literacy.
4:14 So am I the only one who thinks the partition of India and Pakistan was a British mistake?
Anti-zionism is completely antisemitism
Anti-zionism is about the ethno-state part of israel not the jew one.
And also not all anti-zionists conveniently have a few points full of holes in them to make, that's strawmaning.
Not like you oil propaganda "educational" outlet will care.
Jew Is an race of people. They left crisize Israel not hate israel. The left Won't use our taxpayer money. To pay for the wars. Then work on two state solution. That my 2 cent on
Is this for Children?
What about the huge number of Jews who have been critical of Israel's position in the West Bank and Gaza? Are they antisemitic? Is being critical of Nazi Germany being anti German? You can be critical of a government regimes foreign policy without being against its people. Most anti zionists believe in the two state solution, is Biden antisemitic for believing in the two state solution or is he just against the will of Netanyahu government? What about the Israeli citizens who support a two state solution of which there is still 1/3 of the country who believe in this? Is the ICJ antisemitic for being critical of how Israel is supposedly defending itself in Gaza? You can be anti Israel's foreign policy on the west Bank and Gaza and not be antisemitic. You can believe in the two state solution and not be antisemitic, if not then 80% of the world is antisemitic.
Good, I don't wanna be their friends.
Proud anti-Z here.
Imagine exposing the audience to the Jewish book… The TALMUD