I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For those who share my view that the Jews as a people have a right to self-determination, Zionism as a national movement of the Jewish people is the embodiment of this very right, which its opponents want to deny.
The disappearance of Israel as a Zionist project, through war, cultural exhaustion or demographic momentum, is... plausible... Many Israelis see the demise of the country as not just possible, but probable.
I was not raised a Zionist, but a socialist, as were most Jews before the Holocaust.
I am a non Zionist because the Jew, in seeking a homeland of his own, seems to me to be giving up something of infinitely greater value of the world.
The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.
Extol Jewish virtue, modern Zionism and the Israeli Defense Forces.
I don't accept the Zionist idea.
The mystified idea I had of Israel - the demonization of Israel - it just wasn't true.
Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.
The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better.
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