I'm finding a lot of what you are saying in here troublesome, beginning with your statement that Jews (whom you refer to as Zionists) cooperated with Hitler. What is even more disturbing is your suggestion that Jews (whom you refer to as Zionists) need to justify "their hatred" and "maintain the cycle of violence."
Zionism is nothing more and nothing less than the idea that Jews have a right to self-determination--a nation in our ancestral homeland as a refuge against antisemitism, since history has taught us we can't trust the nations of the world to protect us.
While the rationale I gave above is certainly a secular political philosophy that appeals to reason, Zionism also can't be divorced from Judaism. The entire first book of the Torah, Genesis, concerns itself with the WHO and the WHERE of the covenant between God and the Jewish people. Genesis 17:8 "And I will give you and your seed after you the land of your sojournings, the entire land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them for a God." The Ultra Orthodox Jews that people THINK are not Zionist? They are the most fervent Zionists of all--their only thing is that they want Israel to be a theocracy established by the Messiah, not the secular democracy that it is.
I think it's probably best if we don't talk further.
1. It's misleading to assert that I refer to (All) Jews as Zionists. To clarify, by Zionist, I mean in the sense Russian philosopher Vladimir Solovyov would've used it, who distinguished between nationality and nationalism: "narrow and blind nationalism" / fanatical patriotism. I recognize the fact that each individual Jew has differing degrees of patriotism, they're not all fanatics.
2. Jews and Zionists are not synonymous. Joe Biden pointed out that you need not to be a Jew to be a Zionist.
"Zionism is nothing more and nothing less than the idea that Jews have a right to self-determination--a nation in our ancestral homeland as a refuge against antisemitism, since history has taught us we can't trust the nations of the world to protect us."
In theory, Zionism is the absurd idea that Jews everywhere should be concentrated in one place. In the Talmud, it is written, "if they were concentrated in one place, the nations would make war on them; but since they are dispersed, they cannot be destroyed." Zionism is precisely speaking, the negation of the very concept of Judaism/the Diaspora/worldwide distribution of Jews. It's in the interests of every orthodox Jew to oppose Zionism and affirm the importance of maintaining Diaspora. George Steiner "refuses to buy into Jewish nationalism, and believes Jewish creativity is essentially a diasporic condition." Einstein wrote in a letter, "I believe that the unique durability of the Jewish community is to a large degree based on our geographical dispersion, and the fact that we consequently do not possess instruments of power that will allow us to commit great stupidities out of national fanaticism. The persecutions will never cause us to perish."
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The Ultra Orthodox Jews are not really Zionists, because Zionists have always been active idealists; the Ultra Orthodox Jews are content with waiting/hoping like the rest of orthodox Judaism.
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If we take the Genesis-Exodus narratives at face value, then one is forced to admit that Jews used to live by means of robbery/plunder, who eliminated the inhabitants of a foreign country. But I don't think that's entirely true. Probably the first Jews in the world developed among the brave and valiant souls who wanted to preserve their identity/freedom and remain true to one's self. They were more like the Old Believers in the past. Even in Roman times, Julian points out, "For I saw that those whose minds were turned to the doctrines of the Jewish religion are so ardent in their belief that they would choose to die for it, and to endure utter want and starvation rather than taste pork or any animal that has been strangled or had the life squeezed out of it..."
Whenever Canaan is called "a land flowing with milk and honey", it does not refer to a location, but a symbol identical with Eden. I read somewhere that grapes were unknown to geographical Canaan.
As for Genesis 17, this should not be taken only as a historical event, it's a messianic address to a future Jewish ruler. It correlates with the passages in Isaiah 52-53 about how a Messiah suffers. That's not about Jesus, it's about the coming ruler and about the Jews as a whole people.
Isaiah 53 – What Jews Believe
"See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and
highly exalted. Just as there were many who were appalled at him—his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— so he will sprinkle
many nations,"
The names carry meaning but people read them as if they were just names.
Abram = Exalted Father
Abraham = Father of Many
Sarah = Princess
Martha = Mistress/Lady
At no point in Jewish history has a Jewish patriarch covered for all Jews AND for non-Jewish nations. We are not all born from one Noah or one Adams/Eves - although our blood links us all - there were various founders of civilizations.
The future ruler has yet to be achieve such an exalted status (Exodus 22:28). There is more to Elohim than meets the eye. It's not just a name/title for God. Nachmanides took it to mean the "master of all the forces". Daniel 11 talks about how the Elohim were like the champions of the people and how people became powerful through acknowledging them. Platon speaks of a time where man lived under the watchful guidance of the Elohim Kronos/Saturn. Jewish prophets speak about the return of Kronos/Saturn, or Michael, who they once served under.
This is the most common difficulty I run across. Probably two or three times a week, I'm clarifying what a Jew is.
lacks the eloquent derision that the face palm or, perhaps, a poop emoji would convey.