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Friday, May 25, 2018

The French Have Some Weird Views About Zionism

Ifop, on behalf of the Union of Jewish Students in France, commissioned a poll on Israel and Zionism. Here are some things a majority of French respondents believe:

  1. "Zionism is an international organization that seeks to influence the world and societies to the Jews’ benefit."
  2. "Zionism is a racist ideology"
  3. Anti-Zionism is an antisemitic ideology.
  4. Zionism is a "movement of liberation and emancipation for the Jewish people."
Presumably, most of these aren't overlapping. But since they all claimed majority support, by definition there must be some people who think both that "Zionism is a racist ideology" and "Anti-Zionism is an antisemitic ideology", or "Zionism is a movement for liberation and emancipation for the Jewish people" and "Zionism is an international organization that seeks to influence the world and societies to the Jews’ benefit."

I can't tell if that means their views on Zionism are really deep, or just incoherent. My vote is "incoherent."

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