Israelis chant 'death to Arabs' in annual march through Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter
www.abc.net.au
Held In the shadow of the Gaza war, one of the most prominent banners held by those marching read "Jerusalem in our hands, 1967. Gaza in our hands, 2025".

Thousands of Israeli nationalists took part in the controversial Jerusalem Day “Dance of the Flags”.

The event is provocative to the Palestinian population, given it marks the anniversary of Israel seizing East Jerusalem and the Old City, and the group marches through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City.

Jerusalem’s status is one of the most divisive issues in the discussion about a two-state solution, with both Israelis and Palestinians believing it is intrinsically linked to their identity.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    72·
    10 days ago

    Nobody has done more harm to the Jewish image in the past 80 years than Israel. I think religion is a joke anyway…

    I’m with you on this part. Past that, let’s agree to disagree.

    • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      10 days ago

      I mean, it’s still quite the elephant in the room that hasn’t really been talked about.

      Judaism is a restricted affair, you have to be born into it to be considered a part of the group that God has chosen to be saved. To them, almost everyone else is permanently non qualified, therefore they are not in the group. If you do want to convert, you have to jump through a bunch of hoops, and put up with a ritual of rejection until you’re accepted. By definition it’s an ethno-relegious group.

      From that viewpoint, it’s only a skip away from ethno-nationalism, which is what Zionism is.

      Unlike Christianity and Islam which offer the ability to join, and actively convince you to join. (Also Hinduism, Buddhism, etc).

      There are only about 15 million Jews compared to 2.6 billion Christian and 1.9 billion Muslims.

      Food for thought.

      • MummysLittleBloodSlut@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        31·
        9 days ago

        Non-Hebrews don’t need to be saved. You don’t need to go to Gan Eden or Sheol if you’re not Jewish. You can just go to Valhalla or Hades or Yomi or Xibalba instead.