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Thousands of Israeli nationalists took part in the controversial Jerusalem Day "Dance of the Flags".

The event is provocative to the Palestinian population, given it marks the anniversary of Israel seizing East Jerusalem and the Old City, and the group marches through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City.

Jerusalem's status is one of the most divisive issues in the discussion about a two-state solution, with both Israelis and Palestinians believing it is intrinsically linked to their identity.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I would guess these are the ones that still see themselves as God's chosen people, superior to all others.

That level of nationalism could make neo-Nazis blush. The Abrahamic religion(s) rejected the much older Semitic traditions, but only after plagerising them, right down to the "Genesis" being Enuma Elish—boy, they hated the Babylonians, but they hated everyone, really. So then they whacked it under monotheism, where the one god conveniently chooses the Abrahamic people as the superior ones over the other Semites—what a fucking coincidence! 😲

It's kinda like Nordicisim but instead of it being about some pseudo "Aryan race" or superiority though "social Darwinism", it's tribalism—12 to be exact. It evolved into superiority of ethnicity by divinie will, backed by ancient texts riddled with acts of genocide and regional conquest, excused as righteous divinity, despite no real obvious purposes behind them besides control.

So while they're chanting "Death to Arabs" here and rolling out yet another round of localised ethnic cleansing there, they're somehow avoiding the irony of being the most "antisemitic" of Semites, the Arabs being the largest group within, no less.

Its a level of nationalistic ideology you can't stop overnight, lol. That shit runs deep on so many levels.