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>> Being a Zionist is simply supporting a Jewish state not everything the government does. > (and orthodox jews don't recognize the israeli government as truly
by KMag 3y ago
>> Being a Zionist is simply supporting a Jewish state not everything the government does.
> (and orthodox jews don't recognize the israeli government as truly legitimate anyway)
Edit: a sibling comment questions the accuracy of the assertion that the majority of orthodox Jews support the Israeli state. I have no idea, so setting that point aside:
Definite/indefinite articles matter. "A Jewish state" is not necessarily "The Jewish State"/"modern State of Israel". I suspect support for "a Jewish state" and modern Israel is rather correlated, but not 1.0.
- reissbaker 3y agoJust like being anti-Trump doesn't mean you're anti-American, being pro-Israel doesn't mean being pro-Netanyahu (or pro whatever the government is at any specific time). I would guess that considering yourself a Zionist does actually correlate like 0.95+ with being pro-Israel, but "pro-Israel" doesn't correlate very well with specific Israeli government regimes or policies, and that many people are both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine at the same time (e.g. most two-state-solution supporting Jews). For example, Yesh Atid voters in Israel are very pro-Israel, but very anti-the-Netanyahu-government (they are the largest opposition party), and Yesh Atid explicitly supports the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.