by Shaya Lerner
OPINION
In corners of the progressive world, there has been an emerging trend of shifting the anti-Israel narrative away from criticizing Israel, to demonizing Zionism and Zionists.
The demonization of Zionism is not anything new — the Soviets perfected it back in the 1960s and 70s, as part of their antisemitic propaganda campaigns, culminating in the infamous Zionism=Racism UN resolution of 1975.
What’s new today is that this language has become normalized within the progressive discourse about Israel.
As an American Jew who identifies as a liberal and progressive, I find this trend highly disturbing for many reasons, not the least of which is because I also am a Zionist. And by that, I mean I believe that Jews, like other peoples, have a right to self-determine, specifically in their historic homeland of Israel.
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Source: The Algemeiner
URL: https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/10/25/a-message-to-progressives-its-time-to-reclaim-zionism-from-the-anti-zionists/