Jewish supremacy
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Jewish supremacy is the belief that Jewish people are superior to gentiles.
Discourse
The concept of Jewish supremacy arises in some discourse about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. According to some cultural commentators, the ethno-nationalist views, policies, and identity politics of some Israeli Jews rises to the level of a form of supremacism vis-à-vis the Palestinians, an Arab people.[1] The term has been used by a variety of critics of Israeli policies, with some arguing that it reflects a broader pattern of discrimination against non-Jews in Israel. It has also been used by American far-right proponents of antisemitic "conspiracy theories".
Jewish supremacism
Ilan Pappé, an expatriate Israeli historian, writes that the First Aliyah to Israel "established a society based on Jewish supremacy" within "settlement-cooperatives" that were owned and operated by Jews. Joseph Massad, a professor of Arab studies, holds that "Jewish supremacism" has always been a "dominating principle" in religious and secular Zionism.[2]
Examples
Various discriminatory policies and practices have been cited as perpetrating Jewish supremacy in Israel, including the 1952 Citizenship Law and the 2018 Nation-State Law. The banned Israeli political party Kach, the phenomenon of Israeli settler violence, and all Israeli governments led by Benjamin Netanyahu have been accused of pursuing a Jewish supremacist agenda, particularly against Palestinians.[3]
References
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