It has become abundantly clear that there is a big problem with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) community. DEI has labored to push the narrative that you are either an oppressor or oppressed. The problem for them is that this idea doesn’t work when it comes to Israel. There is absolutely no more oppressed minority in the history of the world than the Jews. And yet the same DEI folks make them out to be the oppressor — and try to do so with a straight face.
Anyone who calls Israel an occupier or oppressor is either lying or grossly ignorant. The Jews were in what is now Israel 4000 years ago until they were kicked out during the Jewish-Roman wars of the 1st century. The subsequent rulers/inhabitants of the land included Romans, Byzantine Christians, Muslims, Crusaders, Mongols, Mamluks, Ottomans, and Brits. It was not only Arabs despite what others tell you. Not until the post-Ottoman empire were Jews really able to return home, and the 1948 Israeli Declaration of Independence provided protection for Jews that was sorely needed in a post-Holocaust world. The Oslo Accords of 1993 saw the PLO formally recognize the state of Israel and the right of Israel to exist, but it still was not recognized by many in the Arab world. As for Gaza, the Israelis withdrew from the region in 2005 and it has been under the control of Hamas since 2006. Israel is hardly the “oppressors.” I would agree that the Palestinians in Gaza are oppressed – but the oppressor is Hamas, not the Israelis, who have been gone for almost 20 years.
DEI’s absurd ideology is exposed for what it is: a ridiculous and feeble attempt to see the world through a biased lens in order to push false narratives that don’t hold up to reality.