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**Zionism** or **Jewish Nationalism** is a political ideology which says
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that [Jewish people](Judaism "wikilink") have a right to reclaim the
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holy land of [Israel](Israel "wikilink"). Supporters argue that this is
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a necessity to provide a safe areas for Jewish people to live and
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practice their religion in peace and safety (note that Zionism became
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popular after the [Holocaust](Holocaust "wikilink")), critics argue that
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it's a violent ideology that is being used to justify a new apartheid
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and that it attempts to justify another form of nationalism and
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colonialism. Zionism is one of the most controversial areas in current
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politics, so take even what we write with a massive grain of salt.
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## Types of Zionism
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### Arab Zionism
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### Christian Zionism
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### Cultural Zionism
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### Federal Zionism
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### General Zionism
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### Green Zionism
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**Green Zionism** is a synthesis of
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[environmentalist](Environmentalism "wikilink") and Zionist politics,
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arguing that Israel must be a clean and sustainable civilization. It has
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been influential in several [Kibbutzim](Kibbutzim "wikilink"), who have
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made efforts to reduce impact on the environment.
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### Kahanism
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### Labor Zionism
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**Labor Zionism** or **Socialist Zionism** combines Zionist and
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socialist politics. Some Labor Zionists argue that the creation of a
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socialist society that would correct the "inverted pyramid" of Jewish
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society. Jews were forced out of normal occupations by Gentile hostility
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and competition, using this dynamic to explain the relative predominance
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of Jewish professionals, rather than workers. Jewish society, he argued,
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would not be healthy until the inverted pyramid was righted, and a
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substantial number of Jews became workers and peasants again. This, he
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held, could only be accomplished by Jews in their own country. Labor
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Zionism has been hugely influential in the creation of the
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[Kibbutzim](Kibbutzim "wikilink") and [Moshavim](Moshav "wikilink").
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### Muslim Zionism
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### Neo-Zionism
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### Post-Zionism
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**Post-Zionism** is a position that argues Israel has fulfilled its
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functions, but it raises further questions about Israel's future, such
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as:
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- Is the state of Israel indeed a safe shelter for the Jewish nation?
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Are there any other places in the world in which the Jews'
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conditions are better from a historical point of view? (For example,
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North America)
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- Is it really possible to have both a Jewish state and a democracy?
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Should Israel become a state of all its citizens?
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- Is the [Israeli-Palestinian
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conflict](Israel-Palestinian_Conflict "wikilink") entirely
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black-and-white? Did Israel always maximize its efforts to obtain
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peace? Should all the blame for the continuation of the conflict
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fall on the Arab side?
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Post-Zionists argue that Israel must serve a function as a democratic
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and egalitarian state in a region of brutal authoritarianism and
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inequality.
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### Reform Zionism
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### Religious Zionism
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### Revisionist Zionism
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## Criticism
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Critics of Zionism are generally called **Anti-Zionists**, and
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criticisms can divided into 'good' and 'bad' criticisms. Good criticisms
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recognise that Jews and Zionists are different groups of people, and are
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thus not critical of Jewish people or Jewish religion. Bad criticism
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does not recognise that Jews and Zionists are different groups of
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people, and is often used as a cover for antisemitism.
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Here at [libsoc-wiki](Libertarian_Socialist_Wiki "wikilink"), we stand
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with all Jews of the world against antisemitism from the left and right.
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Along with all other people against any form of bigotry.
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### Good Criticism
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### Bad Criticism |