Anti-Zionism



Anti-Zionism is the progressive idea that argues that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories represents an unjust act of imperialism, and that the territorial status of the land should be returned to the same arrangements prior to the British mandate of 1947.

It furthermore argues in favour of the right of return of exiled Palestinians being denied access back to their homelands by the Israeli authorities.

Despite efforts by the right wing to tar anti-Zionists as racist, they are not anti semitic because they do not condone or advocate hate against members of the jewish faith or of the associated ethnic group. In fact, the anti-Zionist movement enjoys support from several Jewish groups who recognise the illegitimacy of the Israeli state.

External links and further reading

 * "On Questioning the Jewish State" blog post by Joseph Levine, professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on "The Stone," The New York Times March 9, 2013
 * 'a truly democratic state that fully respects the self-determination rights of everyone under its sovereignty must be a “state of all its citizens.”'