bananabrain
awkward squadnik
you say this as if "the zionists" were some kind of distinct group within judaism. the jewish movement you have come across is almost certainly the ultra-orthodox sect "neturei karta" who, by the term "jews", only mean themselves. there are less than 10,000 of them in the world and they are regarded as beyond the pale by almost everyone else.I have though, heard of Jewish movements set up to oppose and condemn the Zionists.![]()
of course, there's no such thing as a "zionist" tout court. i'm a zionist, for example, but what i mean by that is that i think jews should not be the only ethnic group on the planet who are barred from having our own nation-state. what i do *not* mean by that is that the palestinians therefore have to be oppressed, dispossessed or otherwise in conflict with us. there are many sorts of "zionist" - it is a completely hyphenated identity. thus, i might describe myself as a religious, post-nationalist zionist, who disagrees with many of the other groups who call themselves zionists. in other words, calling someone a "zionist" gives you about as much context as calling someone a "protestant". it can mean nearly anything.
b'shalom
bananabrain