Anti-Zionism is the new language of an old hatred |
Hatred survives by adapting.
It learns the language of each generation. It finds new justifications. It makes itself sound moral, even righteous.
Antisemitism has done this for over two thousand years. Today, it often calls itself anti-Zionism.
Many who embrace anti-Zionism insist they oppose only Israel, not Jews. They present their position as political, ethical, even humanitarian. But when examined honestly, anti-Zionism does not merely criticize policies. It denies something far more fundamental: the right of the Jewish people to exist as a sovereign nation in their ancestral homeland.
No other people on Earth are asked to justify their right to exist as a nation. Only the Jews.
That fact alone should force serious reflection.
Zionism did not emerge in a vacuum. It emerged from necessity.
For nearly two millennia, Jews lived as minorities everywhere. They were expelled from England in 1290, from Spain in 1492, and subjected to waves of pogroms across Europe and the Middle East.........