Absolutely! People love being reminded of violent, multigenerational, cultural traumas. Best though to go all out and ask about their family history with An Gorta Mór and their feelings on Lizzy the First's appreciation of Irish musical heritage. /s
It's pretty common fascist talking points actually. A large part of Nazi Germany's rhetoric for why they should be conquering Poland and Ukraine and all that was to give the German race room to expand. Zionism being a fascist ideology is going to have the same rhetoric behind it.