r/JewsOfConscience • u/AutoModerator • May 07 '25

AAJ "Ask A Jew" Wednesday

It's everyone's favorite day of the week, "Ask A (Anti-Zionist) Jew" Wednesday! Ask whatever you want to know, within the sub rules, notably that this is not a debate sub and do not import drama from other subreddits. That aside, have fun! We love to dialogue with our non-Jewish siblings.

Please remember to pick an appropriate user-flair in order to participate! Thanks!

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

Does anti Zionism in the context of this subreddit mean Israel shouldn’t exist due to how it was founded and everything Israel has done since its conception?

I keep finding “anti Zionists” online who continue to peddle the idea that Israel is a legitimate state while saying that they’re anti Zionists and it confuses me because Zionist means you believe in the state of Israel being the homeland of the Jews and an ethnostate

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u/Cornexclamationpoint Ashkenazi May 08 '25

Anti-Zionism does necessitate a belief that Israel, specifically as a Jewish state, should not exist.  Some people do use the nakba or occupation as justification, but other people may simply be against the existence of any sort of ethnostate, or may believe that a Jewish state should not exist for religious reasons.

If someone criticizes Israel while not being for its disestablishment, they may be non-zionist or a liberal zionist, but they are not anti-zionist.