By that I mean at best someone who doesn't understand his hypocrisy.
But what "few posters here in IP on DU" do you mean, who would tell all people of the Jewish community in general that they'd gain protection from violence if they distance themselves from Israel?
That's a very harsh accusation to be leveling against a vague subset of contributors to IP on DU - and to be frank, I think that vagueness is both cowardly and unhelpful.
Most certainly I disagree with Malmo's mayor and would NOT say such a mindbendingly freakish thing to the Jewish community, and I wouldn't say it to any community at all, and I freely admit to being a harsh critic of Zionism.
I count myself among those who think Zionism (at least how it it is expressed in IP discussions and as realized "on the ground" by Israeli policy) and full democracy are incompatible. When I say "incompatible" I mean in the strictly logical sense, as in the principle of non-contradiction. On the other hand I gather that there are some who contribute to these discussions who have an affinity to some "left-Zionism" which, so to speak, somehow reconciles this antithesis in a higher or more general synthesis that does in fact recognize essential human rights. To say the least, such a thing isn't even nearly offered by a Netanyahu Beiteinu Bennet type mindset. I'm not only open to such a "left-Zionism", but my intuition says that such a pragmatic/ideological path might be the only real "solution" to the mid-east mess.
= new reply since forum marked as read
