We need a new kind of Zionism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1443779,00.html
It is treated as a dirty word and condemned by false analogy. But it is
also an idea which has to be recast for the 21st century
Tony Bayfield
Wednesday March 23, 2005
The Guardian
Despite glimmers of hope and what looks to be the emergence of Ariel
Sharon the statesman, Zionism still appears to be a dirty word. It gets
classed with communism as a discredited ideology, or equated with
appalling things such as racism and apartheid. To some, it might seem
unthinkable that a progressive person should own up to being a Zionist.
But I am.
In fact, the overwhelming majority of Jews, wherever they stand on the
political spectrum, are Zionists. When attacked, we tend to respond by
equating anti-Zionists with anti-semites. It may be unfair, but wells
up out of anger and frustration at not being allowed to be ourselves,
at the obtuse refusal to accept Judaism on its own terms.
Tony Bayfield
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/28b8d5afcba4c369
(Zionism OR Zionist OR Zionists)
http://news.google.com/news?tab=gn&q=(Zionism%20OR%20Zionist%20OR%20Zionists)&num=100&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&
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Jews
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/6826dd1637b09fa5
Israel
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/5028d8b0598ca24f
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