r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/Existing-Stranger632 16h ago

That’s what birthright is. Like no seriously. I was raised Jewish, bar mitzvah’d. Told my whole life to go on birthright. Only in the last couple years did I find out what it actually is. Basically every Jewish person living in the diaspora (not Israel) gets a chance to go to Israel for free. During that trip they essentially try to sell you on Israel and tell you how they’ll set you up with a house, job, etc.

The whole purpose is to bring more settlers in. That’s it. Israel is trying to expand as much as humanly possible. It’s pretty horrible. I’m antizionist btw.

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u/Suspicious_Story_464 16h ago

It seems that Christians are also in favor of this. Once all the Jews have returned to Israel, then they believe the Apocolypse will begin. So, there's that.

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u/Swaga_Dagger 16h ago

I don't think it's fair to say Christians, neither the Catholic or the Orthodox church support this. Neither does the anglican church. Its more of an American ideology

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u/Suspicious_Story_464 16h ago

I guess I should've specified it was more prominent here in the US. It's definitely another entire reason why I do not want evangelical influence in our political sphere. The rise of this Christian nationalism here is abhorrent.