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 This notion that the region has been at constant war for 2000 years is not true. Prior to the Zionist movement, Palestine had all three Abrahamic religions coexisting peacefully for thousands of years. Any conflict was with colonial powers, Romans, crusaders, Ottomans, then the British, and now the Zionists. Freeing Palestine has nothing to do with subjugating any other race or ethnicity.  Anti semetism is a purely European phenomenon. Contrary to what the west thinks, the Middle East, cradle of civilization, has mostly lived in peace. It’s been at war for the past century because a violent settler colonial entity invaded, stole land, and has been violently ethnically cleansing the indigenous population.