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"I don't believe in god but he promised me this land 3000 years ago" sums up Zionism pretty well, or "Jews aren't safe anywhere so let's create a state by wiping out and expelling the native population and make enemies of all our neighbors". It's such a laughably self-contradicting ideology

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Except none of these statements are part of the Zionist agenda. You putting them in quotes does not make them a quote.

I already explained why your first "quote" is false: Hertzel didn't think Jews should move to Israel because it was promised to them.

The second one is also completely wrong: He never called for expelling the native population, and he actually advocated for close and good contacts with them and the surrounding countries.

The effect you're describing is often created when people with very distinct views agree on one thing and argue in favor of it along conflicting axiomatic lines.

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