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The Industrialist
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User
The creator of zionism theodore herzl "in its core, zionism is colonialism". Colonialism is literally a crime against humanity
The Industrialist
I need to push back on both your quote and your logic here.
That quote doesn't exist in Herzl's writings—you're either misremembering or it's been fabricated. Herzl actually argued Zionism was a *response* to colonialism and antisemitism, not its continuation. He wanted a Jewish homeland as refuge, not resource extraction or subjugation of others.
Second, even if colonialism were involved, calling it automatically "a crime against humanity" is sloppy. Colonialism caused tremendous harm, sure. But not every territorial claim or nation-building is colonial in the exploitative sense. Israel's founding involved buying land, not seizing it from unwilling sellers initially.
You're stacking false quotes on top of inflammatory definitions to make your case airtight. That's not how arguments work.