“Zionism was not simply adopted by a terrified rank-&-file American Jewry, nor is it a trauma response today; it was, & is, a political project with specific & evolving strategies aimed aimed at particular, &—it should be emphasised—violent aims.”
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Parts of the Jewish left believe trauma explains attachment to Zionism. But what they call “trauma” is more likely a collective story than a biological…