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Word: zionism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could "foresee the possibility of Jews being massacred in the cities of America or in the forests of Europe" because of "a certain climate, a certain mood in the making." According to Author Cynthia Ozick, writing in Esquire, Israel's survival is in grave doubt, and with it Zionism and thus all Jews. "The Jews are one people... you cannot separate parent from child, the Jews from Zion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN POLICY: AMERICAN JEWS AND ISRAEL | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE. Established in 1906 by American Jews largely of German descent and initially opposed to Zionism (a position long since abandoned), it has 40,000 members and an annual operating budget of $9 million. Its general purpose is to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews, and reduce prejudice. It publishes the lively intellectual journal Commentary (circ. 60,000) and the American Jewish Year Book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A GUIDE TO THE GROUPS | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

Israeli political parties have listened to each other, compromised with each other, joined government coalitions and left these same coalitions in a continuous process beginning with the establishment of the state in 1948. The highly ideological nature of Zionism and the diverse factions within the movement have given to the Israeli political system many intensely ideological parties. (Twenty-four parties competed in the first elections in 1949. Sixteen succeeded in winning seats...

Author: By Daniel H. Maccoby, | Title: Israel's Politics of War and Peace | 2/14/1975 | See Source »

...ZIONISM: An intransigent attitude on the part of the Israeli government in the long run will prove not to have been in the interest of Israel and certainly not in the interest of Jews as a people. Because the longer Israel maintains this obstinate attitude, the more likely it is to evoke the ire, the dissatisfaction, the resentment of the people of the world. That in itself will rub off on the Jewish people, which is something we deplore. The more Zionism resorts to intrigue, whipping up animosity, the more the world by innuendo will blame not just Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The View From Two Generations | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

Humane Paradigm. Arafat tried to distinguish his respect for the Jewish faith from his hatred of Zionism and appealed to his Jewish listeners to abandon the cause of Israel. "Let us remember that the Jews of Europe and the U.S. have been known to lead the struggles for secularism and the separation of church and state; they have also been known to fight against discrimination on religious grounds. How do they then refuse this humane paradigm for the Holy Land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Guns and Olive Branches | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

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