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 A typical marker of Zionist ideology is the notion that the Jewish 'people' are a 'people' like any other national community such as Palestinians, Britons or the French. But the Jewish people are actually the same as the Muslim 'people' or Christian or Hindu 'people', that is, a religious community and not a nation. However, this strain of Zionist ideology fails to take into account the idea that the right of Israel to exist might be based on the right of the people of Israel-Palestine - Jew, Muslim, Christian, or atheist - to self determination as opposed to the right of the Jews in general to self determination.
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 [[Zionist movement]]
 ==Notes==
 <references/>

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−	Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the 're-establishment' of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the alleged historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Modern Zionism became a strong political force after the Holocaust of World War II, in which 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, came to light. It was felt that if the Jewish people had their own homeland, this would be some protection against any repetition of such events.	+	Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the 're-establishment' of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the alleged historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel.

	==Chomsky on Zionism==		==Chomsky on Zionism==

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-Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the re-establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Modern Zionism became a strong political force after the Holocaust of World War II, in which 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, came to light. It was felt that if the Jewish people had their own homeland, this would be some protection against any repetition of such events.
+Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the 're-establishment' of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the alleged historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Modern Zionism became a strong political force after the Holocaust of World War II, in which 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, came to light. It was felt that if the Jewish people had their own homeland, this would be some protection against any repetition of such events.
 ==Chomsky on Zionism==
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 A typical marker of Zionist ideology is the notion that the Jewish 'people' are a 'people' like any other national community such as Palestinians, Britons or the French. But the Jewish people are actually the same as the Muslim 'people' or Christian or Hindu 'people', that is, a religious community and not a nation. However, this strain of Zionist ideology fails to take into account the idea that the right of Israel to exist might be based on the right of the people of Israel-Palestine - Jew, Muslim, Christian, or atheist - to self determination as opposed to the right of the Jews in general to self determination.
 ==Notes==
 <references/>

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 :History has demonstrated the need to ensure Jewish security through such a homeland. The re-establishment of Jewish independence in Israel, after centuries of struggle to overcome foreign conquest and exile, is a vindication of the fundamental concepts of the equality of nations and of self-determination. To question the Jewish people's right to national existence and freedom is not only to deny to the Jewish people the right accorded to every other people on this globe, but it is also to deny the central precepts of the United Nations.<ref>ADL [http://www.adl.org/Durban/Zionism.asp What is Zionism?], Dateline Durban: U.N. World Conference Against Racism, 2001, accessed 4 March 2009</ref>
-A typical marker of Zionist ideology is the notion that the Jewish 'people' are a 'people' like any other national community such as Palestinians, Britons or the French. But the Jewish people are actually the same as the Muslim 'people' or Christian or Hindu 'people', that is a religious community and not a nation. Zionism cannot bear the idea that the right of Israel to exist might be based on the right of the people of Israel-Palestine - Jew, Muslim, Christian, Atheist to self determination as opposed to the right of the Jews in general to self determination.
+A typical marker of Zionist ideology is the notion that the Jewish 'people' are a 'people' like any other national community such as Palestinians, Britons or the French. But the Jewish people are actually the same as the Muslim 'people' or Christian or Hindu 'people', that is, a religious community and not a nation. However, this strain of Zionist ideology fails to take into account the idea that the right of Israel to exist might be based on the right of the people of Israel-Palestine - Jew, Muslim, Christian, or atheist - to self determination as opposed to the right of the Jews in general to self determination.
 ==Notes==
 <references/>

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 ==Zionist definitions of Zionism==
-In the runup to the Durban Anti racist conference in 2001 the [[Anti-Defamation League]] noted that Zionism 'is the Jewish national movement of rebirth and renewal in the land of Israel - the historical birthplace of the Jewish people.'<ref>ADL [http://www.adl.org/Durban/Zionism.asp What is Zionism?], Dateline Durban: U.N. World Conference Against Racism, 2001, accessed 4 March 2009</ref> In order to justify the policies of the Israeli government it is felt necessary to defend the state of Israel as if the Jewish 'people' are a 'nation' as opposed to a religion:
+In the runup to the Durban UN World Conference Against Racism in 2001 the [[Anti-Defamation League]] noted that Zionism 'is the Jewish national movement of rebirth and renewal in the land of Israel - the historical birthplace of the Jewish people.'<ref>ADL [http://www.adl.org/Durban/Zionism.asp What is Zionism?], Dateline Durban: U.N. World Conference Against Racism, 2001, accessed 4 March 2009</ref> In order to justify the policies of the Israeli government it is felt necessary to defend the state of Israel as if the Jewish 'people' are a 'nation' as opposed to a religion:
 :History has demonstrated the need to ensure Jewish security through such a homeland. The re-establishment of Jewish independence in Israel, after centuries of struggle to overcome foreign conquest and exile, is a vindication of the fundamental concepts of the equality of nations and of self-determination. To question the Jewish people's right to national existence and freedom is not only to deny to the Jewish people the right accorded to every other people on this globe, but it is also to deny the central precepts of the United Nations.<ref>ADL [http://www.adl.org/Durban/Zionism.asp What is Zionism?], Dateline Durban: U.N. World Conference Against Racism, 2001, accessed 4 March 2009</ref>

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−	Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the re-establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Modern Zionism became a strong political force after the Holocaust of World War II, in which 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, came to light. It was felt that if the Jewish people had their own homeland, this would be some protection against any ~~repeat~~ of such events.	+	Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the re-establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Modern Zionism became a strong political force after the Holocaust of World War II, in which 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, came to light. It was felt that if the Jewish people had their own homeland, this would be some protection against any repetition of such events.

	==Chomsky on Zionism==		==Chomsky on Zionism==

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		+	Zionism is the international Jewish movement that advocates the re-establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. The movement is based on the historical ties of the Jewish people to the land of Israel. Modern Zionism became a strong political force after the Holocaust of World War II, in which 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis, came to light. It was felt that if the Jewish people had their own homeland, this would be some protection against any repeat of such events.
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	==Chomsky on Zionism==		==Chomsky on Zionism==
		+	The philosopher, linguist, and activist Noam Chomsky wrote of Zionism in his book, ''Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World'':
	:My own views, for example, are regularly condemned as 'militant anti-Zionism' by people who are well aware of those views, clearly and repeatedly expressed: that Israel within its internationally recognised borders should be accorded the rights of any state in the international system, no more, no less, and that discriminatory institutional structures that in law and practice assign a special status to one category of citizens (Jews, Whites, Christians, etc.), granting them rights denied others, should be dismantled. I will not enter here into the question of what should properly be called 'Zionism' -- but merely note what follows from designation of these views as "militant anti-Zionism:" Zionism is the doctrine that Israel must be accorded rights beyond those of any other state; it must maintain control of occupied territories, thus barring any meaningful form of self-determination for Palestinians; and it must remain a state based on the principle of discrimination against non-Jewish citizens. <ref>Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World, Noam Chomsky, Black Rose Books, 1991. Page 33</ref>		:My own views, for example, are regularly condemned as 'militant anti-Zionism' by people who are well aware of those views, clearly and repeatedly expressed: that Israel within its internationally recognised borders should be accorded the rights of any state in the international system, no more, no less, and that discriminatory institutional structures that in law and practice assign a special status to one category of citizens (Jews, Whites, Christians, etc.), granting them rights denied others, should be dismantled. I will not enter here into the question of what should properly be called 'Zionism' -- but merely note what follows from designation of these views as "militant anti-Zionism:" Zionism is the doctrine that Israel must be accorded rights beyond those of any other state; it must maintain control of occupied territories, thus barring any meaningful form of self-determination for Palestinians; and it must remain a state based on the principle of discrimination against non-Jewish citizens. <ref>Pirates and Emperors: International Terrorism in the Real World, Noam Chomsky, Black Rose Books, 1991. Page 33</ref>