Word: zionism
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...through Hitler, do not feel that the U.S. is obliged to guarantee the territorial integrity of Israel. Don't give us any more of that "because it is right" jive. I don't want my son dumping his guts on the Negev sand in the interests of Zionism, and I think most Americans feel the same...
...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...
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...
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...
...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...