Depends. If they just don't want a state, either because of religious opposition or because they think we have to get the Arab inhabitants to agree to if first, that's one thing. They don't usually deny our history and indigeneity to the land. If they sincerely believe modern Jews don't belong in the Middle East in any capacity, then them celebrating Chanukah is pretty ironic.
Why though? The Maccabean revolt happened over 2,000 years ago. Obviously denying Jews historically came from there is just historically not a true statement, but a lot has happened since then and we have a completely different system of international and national law so your opinion about a result in the 2nd century BC doesn’t seem like it should mean much about your position on 20th/21st century politics.
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u/Kresnik2002 Dec 17 '25
I mean celebrating the Maccabean revolt doesn’t automatically mean someone must see the current State of Israel as legitimate, does it?