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There are many perspectives about Theodor Herzl and The Zionist Organization. Some Israeli are against Zionism because they believe that it doesn't go with their beliefs and the traditional Judaism. It's being demanded by political sovereignty. Before the Zionist Organization Jews and Arabs had a “friendship” and lived in peace. They did not want war and violence.

The Israel-Palestine conflict is one of the most long-term, pressing, and largely confounding social, political, and national quandaries of our age. Since we have been moving with surprising velocity into the vast horizons of globalization, the conflict has built up tremendous momentum and has called into question the adequacy of our current attempts at coming to a peaceful resolution that can simultaneously and successfully address both sides of the struggle. The purpose of this paper has been to understand the prospect of a two-state nation solution for Israel and Palestine. The discussion arises a retrospective view of the context behind the present analysis. We begin with a discourse that informs the reader of the historical narrative between the Jewish inhabitants of Israel and the Palestinians who also seek to live in the lands which comprise Israel. At the forefront of the discussion are some key issues such as trends in Israeli settlement expansion over time, the manner in which these settlements create political challenges towards the prospect of a two-state solution, and the fragmentation of power within Palestinian political parties which inhibit the opportunity for proper negotiations amongst the two parties. Finally, we delve into a discussion on nationalism, it’s importance in the discussion of a two-state solution, and the challenges posed when trying to formulate US Foreign Policy towards the matter.

In the past decade it has become more common in the media, college campuses, and among public intellectuals argue for the sake of “Anti-Zionism,” and state that Israel is an “illegitimate” state (Harrison, p. 9). Those who are looking to start a “New” anti-Semitism often have this opinion. Harrison states the rebuttals that have follows these claims. One of the rebuttals is that, “anti-Zionism, by its nature cannot be anti-Semitic, since it consists in opposition to Zionism, not in opposition to Jews or to Judaism per se” (Harrison, p. 9). This rebuttal goes against the opinion of other authors who state anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism interchangeable. Another rebuttal is that “if there has been a resurgence in anti-Semitism in the West, and in the Islamic world, it is entirely occasioned by justifiable indignation at the conduct and policies of Israel” (Harrison, p. 9). Harrison states that “anti-Zionists” wish to be regarded as “anti-racists,” as if Zionism is a form of racism. Harrison continues to state that Zionism is not a form of racism, but a form of nationalism. Harrison’s idea that Zionism is a form of nationalism coinsides with C.R. Power and Sharon Power’s

Like many Israelis, she had her mind changed by the Palestinians repeatedly rejecting Israel’s peace offers and by their use of brutal terrorism. She writes that she noticed, what she had previously regarded as legitimate criticism of Israeli policies was in fact something different, it was an ideology disturbing in its intention and content. She concluded that this criticism wasn’t about a two-state solution at all, but it ‘only very thinly masks a deep and visceral hatred for the state and its people that cannot be explained by mere criticism for the policies of some of its elected governments.’

“Generally accepted to have been the father of modern Zionism,” (Wharton, 75) Theodore Herzl wrote in his groundbreaking piece 1896 Der Judenstaat:

The Jewish people in Europe faced harsh persecution in the late 19th and early 20th century. This hatred towards the Jewish people was often exhibited through violence and false accusations that led to unreasonable and unfair punishment. Such actions prompted Jewish leaders from all around the world to start a Zionist movement calling for the creation of a Jewish state. Theodor Herzl and Max Nordau were leading proponents of political Zionism, a branch of Zionism that focused on change through political channels. Although Nordau and Herzl were both political Zionists, they disagreed on how to establish a Jewish state. Nordau’s ‘Jewry of Muscle” uses imagery, symbolism, and repetition of themes to focus on the Jews glorious past defined by the

A recent letter to the editor titled “speaking out against Israel cannot be conflated with ‘anti-Semitism’“ showed a lack of knowledge surrounding the movement of Zionism, as well as a misunderstanding of modern anti-Semitism. The author argues a few distinct points, being that supporting Zionism is a way of Jews to suppress the voice from people of color, that Jewish teachings and morality do not support Zionism, and that Israel's treatment of the Palestinians is in the same lines and philosophy of white supremacists and Nazis.

Hitler was not averse to treading on people’s toes and the biggest toes he trod on are those of the Jews. Like others before him, he stemmed the tide of European Jewry, but failed to conquer worldwide Zionism, especially in the U.S. The legacy he left behind him and especially his final testament still echo’s today. ‘‘Centuries will pass away, but out of the ruins of our towns and monuments the hatred against those finally responsible whom we have to thank for everything, international Jewry and its helpers, will grow.’’

His article argues that the Israelis won the Arab- Israeli War of 1948 and therefore were able to shape its history through their lens, but their version of the conflict is flawed and the information now available undermines what they claimed to be true. He stated that the Zionist version of the truth is just propaganda, spread in a way to make them look like innocent bystanders and the victims and the Arabs as the

This article denies the Holocaust by criticizing Zionism, which is seen by the writer as illegitimate and illegal. Zionism is publicly accepted, and the article exemplifies the public reactions against Zionism. The logical refutation of

While there are many outstanding individuals discussed during the time period after 1957, I chose Menachem Begin, the Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 – 1983. Early in Begin’s life, he was inducted into the Zionist Movement through his father. Becoming a devoted member of Betar, a Zionist Revisionists Youth Movement as a teen, he also later headed the organization. During World War II, he had an opportunity to flee to Palestine with his wife, but gave up his ticket to a friend. He was captured by the Soviets and sent to a Siberian labor camp accused of being a Zionist spy. After being released he eventually went to work with the British as a translator with their Palestinian units. During this time or shortly thereafter, he became

In this essay I would like to estimate the differences between Ben-Gurion and Netanyahu in two aspects: statehood and the unification of the people.

In the years just after World War II, Zionism (the desire to rebuild a Jewish national presence in the Promised Land) became a popular Jewish cause all around the world. Many Jews who were not practicing Judaism at all with religion became involved with the establishment of the State of Israel. Even today, many years after the successful founding of the State of Israel, there are Jews whose only real tie to Judaism is their belief in Zionism and their support for the State of Israel. They are joined by many Jews who are members of synagogues and support a modern Jewish religious movement, but who also find their prime identity as Jews in the Zionist cause.

Religion is a vital part of daily life in every Middle Eastern country, informing the ways in which most ordinary citizens understand politics as well as their own place in the world. Today, the political left in Israel views the Israel state more as a protector of the Jewish community than as a strictly religious state. On the right, Zionism is broadly viewed as an effort to realize God’s intention that the Jewish people establish a Kingdom of God in that specific land. Today, Judaism

For many centuries, Judaic and Arabian societies have engaged in one of the most complicated and lengthy conflicts known to mankind, the makings of a highly difficult peace process. Unfortunately for all the world’s peacemakers the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the war between Israel and the Palestinian Territories, is rooted in far more then ethnic tensions. Instead of drawing attention towards high-ranking officials of the Israeli government and Hamas, focus needs to be diverted towards the more suspect and subtle international relations theory of realism which, has imposed more problems than solutions.