All those student protests on the US seem to be about stopping their universities from supporting the Israel government. But supporting a foreign government is not a normal thing for a university to do, why do they do it?
Is there some educational or research resource they get?
I think we would need stats before making that first conclusion. Iāve seen a lot of favorability polls of Israel amongst Jewish people, but not sure Iāve ever seen an explicit ask for Zionism or its definition. Iām sure itās out there, but I wouldnāt expect the OP to take that for granted without a source.
Your second sentence is arguably correct, but lacking a lot of context and really not presented from a neutral standpoint like the other commentor and I were trying to strike. I think when people are looking for raw information, itās fair to provide that with as little bias as possible, especially on a heated current issue. And fwiw, I likely agree with you on that issue.
Yeah Iām Jewish so this isnāt a new issue to me. Zionism is viewed as a fascist ideology by a lot of Jews, there for I think its unneutral to say afluent Jews are why universities are invested in Israel. Iām being as neutral as possible, these are the facts as I know them and I wouldnāt trust an poll on this matter done now, personally. The fact that Israel was formed by America after ww2 and has been used as a political and military base for America since. Wikipedia has multiple articles on it.
All kinds of ideologies are viewed as fascism by all kinds of people, but thatās not a source. Just because you yourself are Jewish does not mean you have an understanding of Jewish people as a whole. If you want to assert something about Jewish views on Zionism, you need to provide a real source. It also doesnāt tie directly to your followup with āaffluent Jews are why universities are invested in Israelā. Why would one follow the other at all?
I also know what Israel is and how it was founded. Your wording this time is much more palatable! āPuppet stateā has connotations that I agree with, but would not say if I was trying to be neutral. On a different thread, I think thatās entirely fair. Again though, when people ask for raw info, I think itās only fair to provide that from as neutral a standpoint as possible.