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And this largely encapsulates the original definition of racism/racialism; it was far more extreme than hating some other race (which has become the modern dictionary definition). Hating Mexicans who (you incorrectly believe) are taking jobs that Americans would have filled is a very different mental state to believing that a group of humans is no better than animals (thereby "justifying" horrific acts like slavery and concentration camps).
Is it really? At the very least, the borders between those mental states seem quite blurry.
As soon as one group targets another for hatred, they're essentially saying that the target group is lesser in some way. It's like the first step off the cliff edge - you might still be near the top of the cliff, but now it's just a matter of time.
That point has been proved by the current US president, who has literally said things like, "they're not humans, they're animals," about migrants - that's just one example of a direct quote.
Oh... wow. I didn't realize it had gone that far. A very poor example in that case. Here's a more crisp example:
The "white man" was, by original (and modern) definition, racist in regards to Africa, we categorically believed that "whites" were better than "blacks" - and that's not only the export of slaves to America. Things were pretty dire even within current human memory, and pockets of racists continue to thrive today (it seemed largely based on age in my experience, all of my friends weren't but many 50+ were).
Contrast that with Malema's "kill the boer" song that I'm sure many international folks have heard[1]. The underlying cause for this is hatred stems from the aforementioned historical and current racism - there is no belief that "we are better" (there is certainly a belief that "we are more deserving of our ancestral land"). Malema couldn't be a racist using the original definition of racism, but definitely is using the modern definition.
An atheist Jew is just as entitled to live in Israel as an ultra-orthodox one.
One should point out that Palestinian terrorism was originally largely secular too, with the secular Marxist group PFLP ranking up the highest body count.
The point being, this conflict does not need religion. Even if everyone involved became secular tomorrow, Palestinian nationalists and Zionists would still kill each other without needing any god to justify it.
My understanding is that ethnically Jewish individuals (ie who can trace their matrilineal genealogy to synagogue records in accepted orgs) who have converted to other religions are not entitled to the right of return?