Zionism’s appeal lay in offering refugees agency over victimhood

Evidence

It’s not hard to see why many were drawn to Zionism’s promise at the start. After so much trauma, it must have felt irresistible to be offered a flag, a uniform, and a gun—to have more choices than whether to be a target or a charity case. If I had been on one of those boats full of refugees no one wanted, would I have had the strength and forethought to resist the promise of a fortressed state of our own? I have no confidence that I could have. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 982

Categorization

• XREF: A test of the authenticity of Klein’s own method — she refuses easy condemnation by placing herself on the boat, the same self-implication she deploys when confronting Wolf’s Naomi.