ZIONISM: A BRIEF HISTORY by Benjamin Troutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9 en-us 2023-02-25 22:12:35 UTC 2023-02-25 22:22:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Many people are not familiar with the true definition of Zionism, and are unaware of its origins or reasons for existing. benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992363 Why it matter: Lately, people have been talking a lot about Zionism and anti-Zionism. These terms are often used to support or oppose the policies of the United States, Israel, or both.

]]> 2023-02-25 22:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992363 Let's take a step back and go over some history. benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992479 The Romanov family was in charge of Russia for more than 300 years and had a very strict rule.]]> 2023-02-25 22:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992479 Of note: They didn't adapt to the changes happening around them and adjust their strategies. Instead of expanding their empire, becoming a powerful colonizer, and knowing when to back off, they met their downfall in a basement. benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992766 The final ruler of Russia, Nicholas II, along with his wife, four daughters, and young son who was in poor health, were all shot from a short distance by a group of Bolsheviks.

]]> 2023-02-25 22:16:23 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992766 Yes, but: Antisemitism didn't start during the Bolshevik Revolution. benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992933
  • In Russia, it began as early as 1791 when Catherine the Great created a designated area for Jews to live called the Pale of Settlement.
  • She also took away Jews' citizenship, made them pay double taxes, and enforced other unfair laws, while spreading untrue stories that portrayed Jews as the worst kind of people.

    • ]]>     2023-02-25 22:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494992933     Zoom out: Things went south from one heir to the next and reached horrific proportions. benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494993163
  • In 1827, Catherine's grandson, Nicholas I, enacted a mandatory draft, conscripting Jewish kids as young as 12 for up to 25 years of service.
  • There were organized pogroms and murders starting from around 1821 that intensified until the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, when the government gladly used this murder as an excuse to suppress human rights and target Jews.

    • ]]>     2023-02-25 22:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494993163     In 1903 the tsar's secret police created one of the first pieces of viral fake news called The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494994048
  • This fabricated conspiratorial text made the absurd claim that the Jews were part of a secret global conspiracy to take over the world.  
  • At the time, Jews were 0.6 percent of the global population, and they were highly restricted, discriminated against, and persecuted.

    • ]]>     2023-02-25 22:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494994048     The bottom line: benjamintroutman https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494994168 At the turn of the 20th century, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion became an instant bestseller, leading to the massacre and exile of hundreds of thousands of Jews.]]> 2023-02-25 22:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/benjamintroutman/841ma10w3a2uf5d9/wish/2494994168