Is Zionism Colonialism?

Some opponents of Zionism invoke the pioneers of Zionism’s European heritage to paint the entire movement as irredeemably “colonialist.” But in reality, Zionism is the movement for the Jewish people’s self-determination in their ancestral homeland. The Jewish people have maintained a connection to the land of Israel for thousands of years, and those who would paint Jews as outsiders and invaders in what is now the state of Israel are attacking a central tenet of Jewish identity.

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Newsweek Sugarcoats Anti-Israel Course at Berkeley

"The basic framework of the course deems Zionism a colonial enterprise rather than an indigenous people’s rights movement. By taking the 1880’s as its historical starting point, the course erases the millenia-long connection between Jews and the land of Israel, which dates back to centuries before the Common Era."

Academic Holocaust Journal Publishes Article Denigrating Zionism

"In its Fall 2019 edition, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s journal, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, published an article taking aim at Zionism under the guise of a scholarly examination of a post-Holocaust memorial in Palestine."