Comment by dlubarov
2 years ago
I'm not quite clear on what conclusion you're drawing. It seems like you're rightfully observing that my very brief description of Zionism was lacking important qualifiers. But after amending it, surely it's still possible for a Zionist to hold the view that Israel (or the process of its establishment) was "flawed or unjust in some way"?
Say one supported the establishment of Israel in Palestine in 1948, but took issue with the expulsion of Palestinians from some areas. How would you characterize their view? In my mind it's still a Zionist view, not anti-Zionist (or both?) as the definition above would suggest.
> But after amending it, surely it's still possible for a Zionist to hold the view that Israel (or the process of its establishment) was "flawed or unjust in some way"?
What I’m saying is that position could be either Zionist, anti-Zionist, or non-Zionist, depending on the particular reasons why one thinks it was “flawed or unjust in some way”