Anti-Zionism

Bentwich decides that Jews must settle in their homeland Judea, and so Bentwich led twenty-one Zionist pilgrims to the land of Israel in 1897. This is because anti Semitism was on the rise which was effecting the Jewish people in very negative ways. Jewish people all over were treated as second-class citizens, which is why the emergence of Zionism in 1897 was such a big deal to the Jewish people. Bentwich understood that the Jews needed a radical solution to protect their survival. Bentwich was…

This reading discusses the events leading up to the British Mandate as well as the after effects of its implementation. The Balfour Declaration announced British support of Zionism, provided that no injustice was done to the native Arab population. The Declaration became solidified in international law when the League of Nations wrote it into the British Mandate for Palestine. While Zionist saw this as a long-awaited charter and renewed hope after the brutal years of WWI, Arabs viewed it as…

Zionism is a complex but simple movement. In its simplest form it calls for a re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, in gathering of the exiles, and liberation of Jews from the anti-Semitic discrimination and persecution that occurred in their Diaspora. In a sense of Jews with their own nation taking care of their own for their own cause. The waters were muddied and the movement took on many ideologies, and had evolved in a dialogue among a plethora of ideologies: General…

not have an emphasis on saving others whose personal religious beliefs do not align with their own. That’s why we can look back in history and see that there was no movement similar to Zionism, one that established a stake and a claim for a people with the right ideas or the correct belief in God. Because Zionism was established in a way that allowed for variation in religious belief but represented a people as a whole. This is also why when looking back through the history books there were no…

will be served. The general understanding in France, that pinning a Jew for a crime he did not commit is just and acceptable, threatens France’s ability to function as a just and moral society. This “miscarriage of justice” became an outlet for the anti-Semitic slurs that were brewing in France and reinforced the “the hysterical hunt for ‘dirty Jews’ that disgraces our…

Israelis & Palestinians: Shadow of Racism The very foundation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is racism. It was racism from of the countries that hosted Jews that drove them to the need for a jewish homeland and it was the racism of the Jews that made them think that it was there right to take what was originally the land of the Palestinians. For this paper I decided to choose two articles that discussed the development and effects of racism between Palestinians and Israelis throughout the…

Zionism can be defined as a Jewish movement of the 19th century that is all about the common desire to maintain a nation for the Jewish people as prophesized in a vision from God to Isaiah. In this vision, God promises to create not only a new heaven and earth, but they believe God will create a new Jerusalem for the Jewish people. This new Jerusalem is known as Israel and before that it was known as Palestine. Zionism was originally founded on a secular basis due to the anti-Semitism many Jews…

Palestine and Zionism: The Thin Line between Hatred and Justice In 1947, millions of Palestinians lost their rights to their land. They were wiped off the map, abused in their own homes, and forcibly removed from their country. Children were slaughtered fearlessly, fathers were run over with tanks as they stood guard in front of their homes, and mothers were sexually and mentally assaulted in prisons. A nation once known for its beauty, kindness, and hospitality was entirely destructed and…

in raising children, and wisdom for the world fraught with persecution of the Jews. Thus, the two children themselves must show wisdom in deciding which viewpoint shows validity. Surely, wisdom displays most profoundly in the Zionist, David Malter, anti-Zionist, Reb Saunders, and the influenced child of Reb Saunders child, Danny Saunders. By setting an example of thinking and character, David Malter has acted as an excellent father for both his son, Reuven, and even the friend of…

Palestine is one that does not originate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but became and remains a serious topic of debate among Christians. These two Christian groups who would assumedly be united in the debate of Zionism on account of their shared faith…