Somehow more intellectually honest with his settler colonialism than any zionist today

Imagine being like “yeah, they’re completely in the right here; but we’re gonna steal their land anyway, lol”

Just a complete fucking monster

permalink
report
reply
36 points
*

“…Our God is not theirs…”

Even back then we can see the mental distancing of Judaism and Islam when they should be in solidarity with one another. This line just rubs me in the wrong way that I can’t describe fully.

permalink
report
reply
7 points

They literally believe in the same God.

permalink
report
parent
reply
33 points

Ben Gurion was militantly secular. I think in this case he’s saying “God” in the sense of what the theologian Paul Tillich called “ultimate purpose.”

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Yeah don’t they believe in the same god?

permalink
report
parent
reply

Wow, anti-Semitism much?! Mr. Ben-Gurion, you’re canceled!

permalink
report
reply

Smh can’t believe those antisemites in Tel Aviv named an airport after this guy

permalink
report
parent
reply

The site this seems to be from also defends these quotes with, I kid you not, comparing his advocacy of ethnic cleansing to Washington’s owning of slaves, as if it’s OK because “Other country’s founding leaders did bad stuff, too, but that doesn’t mean those countries are all bad!” which only makes sense if you are either a baby-brained liberal or literal ghoul

permalink
report
reply

history

!history@hexbear.net

Create post

Welcome to c/history! History is written by the posters.

c/history is a comm for discussion about history so feel free to talk and post about articles, books, videos, events or historical figures you find interesting

Please read the Hexbear Code of Conduct and remember…we’re all comrades here.

Do not post reactionary or imperialist takes (criticism is fine, but don’t pull nonsense from whatever chud author is out there).

When sharing historical facts, remember to provide credible souces or citations.

Historical Disinformation will be removed

Community stats

  • 997

    Monthly active users

  • 843

    Posts

  • 25K

    Comments