I of course disagree that Israel is in anyway an Apartheid state, but let's leave that for some other time, I am actually stating that Tommy Robinson has principles and stands with all victims of the supremacist aspects of that ideology
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The reason people question him is that to them it is very clear that Zionism is often used in association with a supremacist mentality (even if some do not use it in that way) and that they see 'tommy' as hypocritical to be aligning with such a movement when it appears on some levels to be no better than that which he is aligning against. This raises concerns that he is, in fact, involved in the kind of power struggle that has, in the past, given rise to characters such as Hitler - or in Britain - Oswald Mosley. To deny this about zionism in Israel is to deny a mountain of video and written evidence from people all across Israel.
I actually share the concern that ANYONE who seeks to build power based on aligning against particular groups of people - regardless of whether it is in self defense or not - needs to be scrutinised for their total integrity, since the imbalances within the minds of humans can often lead to unexpected outcomes where such power bases turn destructive horrifically.
While Nationalism of any stripe can be extreme to reach the level of supremacism a country needs to cross some serious lines, such as the mass killings perpetrated by the Janja Weeds in Sudan.
Nobody self-criticizes more than Jews, can you show me an example of the PA or Hammas investigating any of its own actions?
Have you ever listened to the Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid?
I do not have a need to assess groups of people only in relation to other groups of people. There may be many groups of people far more dysfunctional than those operating the zionist agenda, but that does not change the reality of their own state of being and intent. Perhaps all that self criticism (lack of self acceptance) is part of the cause of the missing balance here. Supremacism starts in the heart (or lack of heart) and doesn't really require much more than a deep lack of self acceptance, combined with denials that twist the truth. What can start as a fear of being less than worthy can be turned around into an over compensation of 'definitely being extremely worthy' to the point of being 'god's chosen people'. This combination of ideological belief and lack of stability at the core of the being is enough to sow seeds that can grow into supremacism in the right conditions.
There are those who claim that there is no such concept within judaism that relates to a supremacist atttiude, however, I have seen myself that there are (alleged) jews in Israel who act every bit as supremacist as certain Germans did when Hitler was around - this is well known by many. It is of no use to lump together millions of people and treat them all as if they are the same, this is unfair and inaccurate and I am certainly not saying that all people who identify as Jews or who live in Israel are this way, since they are not. However, the government there certainly has contained people who are that way - including the well known minister 'Ayelet Shaked' who so unwisely called for what amounts to genocide - citing other evil actions carried out by Britain and America previously as justification. It is fine to point out the causes for people's heartlessness and twisted logic, but nothing can excuse it.
Ayelet Shaked quoting Uri Elitzur
Seems like a rational approach to war not "called for what amounts to genocide" .