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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The DSA is opposed to Zionism and the current form of the Israel state. Members viewed them as imperialism and a form of ethnostate. The organization has traditionally supported Israel throughout much of its history, supported socialist and progressive individuals and movements inside the state. One former leader described the group as "the place to go on the left if you were a socialist and you were pro-Israel". Alternet noted that this has been a dividing issue, with older members "tried to reconcile socialism with Zionism", while younger members recognizes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as a "time-tested means of nonviolent protest" and "the most powerful force to combat Israeli apartheid in the 21st century". In August 5, 2017, members of the organization voted almost unanimously to pass a motion to formally endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Jewish Solidarity Caucus, a subgroup formed by Jewish DSA members prior to the motion, stated in their founding declaration that "Zionism cannot vanquish antisemitism" and "as socialists we detest all exclusivist nationalisms".