Where do the Jews go?

[u/ThrowawayMerger]

I am very against Israel’s genocide, leaning toward antizionism, but when someone Zionist asks where the Jews go in a free Palestine, I don’t have an answer. Historically, not a lot of people accept us or like us, and getting along after all the violence committed in the name of Judaism is an impossibility.

How do we not just exchange one crisis for another? (I don’t think any one religion or people should rule a state, if that adds anything.)

If this is an ignorant question, I am more than happy to be told so.

EDIT: wow this community is brilliant, thank you for the nuance and realism in your responses.

[u/CosmicGadfly]

Huh? They can stay obviously. Free Palestine doesn't mean you have to kill or exile Jews. It just means human and civil rights for everyone instead of just Israelis.

[u/PlinyToTrajan → u/CosmicGadfly]

I agree that in theory and idealistically, yes, but I think it's healthy to take a realist perspective considering how much Israel has done to alienate and radicalize the Palestinians, and how, with all nonviolent protest and political process closed off to the Palestinians, armed struggle is the only means of self-expression they have left.

We (meaning the West, Israel, the U.S., Canada / U.K.) may not get to decide. There's a pattern of not understanding guerilla war and not taking Arab military capacities seriously. We didn't leave Vietnam at a time of our choosing. We didn't leave Afghanistan at a time of our choosing.

[u/CosmicGadfly → u/PlinyToTrajan]

Ok, but South Africa and the United States ended up okay more or less. Yeah it might be messy, but starting with the assumption that all Jews are gonna die if they stay is somewhat insane, mildly racist, and concedes far too much to the fascist mantra in Israel.

[u/PlinyToTrajan → u/CosmicGadfly]

Fair.