User:ImTheIP/Ethnic cleansing in Zionism

Ethnic cleansing in Zionism is ethnic cleansing to reduce the number of non-Jews in a population. The most famous alleged example of Zionist ethnic cleansing is the 1948 Palestinian exodus, known to its victims as the Nakba or "catastrophe". However, many Zionists strenuously deny that an ethnic cleansing was carried out. A related concept is Judaization. Historically, "transfer" and solving "the Arab question" are euphemisms Zionists have used for the concept.

Background
Jews have lived as minorities in many countries and have often suffered persecution. To avoid being persecuted, many Jews assimilated, meaning that they renounced their Jewish identities, either in part or in full, to be seen as members of the majority population. In the latter half of the 19th century, Western European Jews, facing increasing antisemitism, concluded that assimilation was not feasible and they instead sought segregation; to live separate from non-Jews. These ideas led to the formation of the ideology Zionism that sought to establish a state where Jews were in majority. Due to Judaism's historical roots in Palestine Zionists choose it for their state, a land that was at the time predominantly Arab Muslim.

Pre-state ethnic cleansing
This section describes ethnic cleansing in Zionist discourse before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.