Blood Libel #16 | “Zionism is incompatible with universal human rights.”

Anti-Zionist:

Zionism is exclusionary. It’s incompatible with universal human rights.

Pro-Zionist:

Really? Then is Palestinian nationalism incompatible with universal human rights? What about Kurdish or Tibetannationalism?

(Let them try to explain why only Jewish nationalism is illegitimate.)

Pro-Zionist:

Zionism is simply the belief that Jews, like every other people, have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland.

In fact:

• Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East that protects LGBTQ rights, religious freedom, and women’s rights.

• Arab citizens of Israel have full legal rights — including the right to criticize the state.

• The Israeli Declaration of Independence explicitly guarantees equality for all.

Zionism isn’t incompatible with human rights — it’s a direct response to their denial, especially in centuries of Jewish exile.

So the real question is:

Why is Jewish self-determination the only one people keep trying to revoke — and then call that justice?