Zionism is the problem
The Zionist ideal of a Jewish state is keeping Israelis and Palestinians from living in peace.
... it is no longer possible to believe with an honest conscience that the deplorable conditions in which Palestinians live and die in Gaza and the West Bank come as the result of specific policies, leaders or parties on either side of the impasse. The problem is fundamental: Founding a modern state on a single ethnic or religious identity in a territory that is ethnically and religiously diverse leads inexorably either to politics of exclusion (think of ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
My mother is of Jewish heritage, which would have entitled me to repatriate to Israel had I exercised that option at an earlier time. Her second husband, my step-father, was a secular Jew, and most of my closest childhood friends were Jewish. Yet these close ties to the Jewish community, and my admiration for many facets of Jewish culture, would still be inadequate to shield me from charges of anti-Semitism should I become a vocal critic of Israel's apartheid policies.