Back in March, Zionist Hillel Fuld posted on Twitter ten questions he desperately needed answers too from anti-Zionists. I answer those questions here.

10 questions for which I seek answers:

1- If Israel wanted to commit genocide, why does it send in soldiers on foot and risk their lives instead of just flattening Gaza from the air?

Are you talking about just dropping a nuke on the whole place? Because there are geo-political consequences to every action. Dropping a nuke on Gaza would break a 79-year ceasefire on the use of atomic weapons and have cascading effects that could result in multiple nations launching their nuclear weapons as well. It’s called the MAD strategy: Mutually Assured Destruction.

If you’re just talking about regular bombs, Israel has been doing that. It’s why two-thirds of Gaza is in rubble. Israel sending in troops accomplishes a number of objectives: command and control of the population, attempt to recover Israeli hostages (only three in six months), capture and interrogate (and/or torture) Gazans for intelligence, etc.

2- If Israel is an apartheid state, how are there anti Zionist Muslims in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament?

Prior to the 1960s civil rights laws, black people had the vote and occupied various political offices dating back to the early 19^th century in some parts of the United States. The U.S. was still a settler-colonial white ethno-state even though some black people could vote or run for office. They were still blatantly discriminated against in various intensities throughout the country. Despite having representation, Arab Israelis are still discriminated against both by law and practice.

3- If Israel is ethnically cleansing the Palestinians for 75 years, how has the Palestinian population grown by millions since 1948?

They are being ethnically cleansed from the land. They now live on a fraction of the land since 1948. Ethnic cleansing does not necessarily mean complete extermination. It’s about cleansing a territory of an ethnic group, and erasing that identity from the land.

Also, the Palestinian will to exist is simply stronger than Israel’s wish to eliminate them from Eretz Israel.

4- If Israel occupied an Arab Palestinian state, when was this state established and what was its language and currency?

Israel isn’t occupying a Palestinian state. They are occupying a Palestinian people, and their relationship to their ancestral land.

5- If Israel made up October 7th, who took the GoPro footage of the murders and rapes and why are Hamas boasting about it if it never happened?

Israel isn’t making up October 7^th. It happened. I saw the videos. It was terrible. And, there is zero footage found of rapes; if Israel has it they should release it.

6- If Israel is occupying Gaza; what was the Disengagement in 2005?

The point of Disengagement was to maintain demographic superiority. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s deputy leader Ehud Olmert said publicly in a 2003 interview with Haaretz:

There is no doubt in my mind that very soon the government of Israel is going to have to address the demographic issue with the utmost seriousness and resolve. This issue above all others will dictate the solution that we must adopt. In the absence of a negotiated agreement – and I do not believe in the realistic prospect of an agreement – we need to implement a unilateral alternative… More and more Palestinians are uninterested in a negotiated, two-state solution, because they want to change the essence of the conflict from an Algerian paradigm to a South African one. From a struggle against ‘occupation,’ in their parlance, to a struggle for one-man-one-vote. That is, of course, a much cleaner struggle, a much more popular struggle – and ultimately a much more powerful one. For us, it would mean the end of the Jewish state… the parameters of a unilateral solution are: To maximize the number of Jews; to minimize the number of Palestinians… [it] would inevitably preclude a dialogue with the Palestinians for at least 25 years. [emphasis added]

The disengagement moved Israeli forces to the border. Since the blockade, Israel occupies the border (including the Egyptian border), the air space, the coastline, access to natural resources, trade agreements, and freedom of movement in and out of Gaza. That’s how you occupy a place without physically being inside of it.

7- If what we are seeing today around the world is anti Zionism and not antisemitism, why are Jewish content creators online who have never stepped foot in Israel being harassed and verbally abused? Why are synagogues being attacked?

Whenever Israel engages in heinous activities (more heinous than its apartheid system), anti-Semitic events in the world increase. Of course, all anti-Semitic actions are unjustifiable, especially considering that Israel does not represent the beliefs or desires of all Jews in the world. However, this is the very claim Israel makes. Zionists frequently make the claim that an attack on Israel is an attack on world Jewry. This is a disgusting anti-Semitic belief as not all Jews are Zionists, and the overwhelming majority of Zionists are not Jewish.

8- If Israel’s occupation is what caused Palestinian terror, why were Arabs massacring Jews before there was any occupation or even any state of Israel? See Hebron 1929.

The Zionists began their project in the early 20^th century. They would buy land, evict people living on the land (some who had lived their for generations), and because of this the conflict started.

9- If the Palestinians want a two state solution, why can’t you find a single leader of theirs who will say that Israel has a right to exist?

The PLO under Yasser Arafat recognized Israel’s right to exist back in 1993.

10- If Israel killed 30,000 innocent people in Gaza, if you believe those numbers, then how many terrorists has Israel killed?

Back in February, Hamas said 6,000. In March, Israel said 13,000. So, between 6,000-13,000. Subtract that from 30,000 then add an additional 8,000-10,000 Palestinians believed to be dead under the rubble.

Hope that helps your friend.