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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Zionism and racism
Zionism was named after Mount Zion in Jerusalem which has served as a symbol of the Jewish homeland since the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE.
The term racism refers to discriminatory beliefs and practices that presume inherent and significant differences exist between the genetics of human races; that assume these traits can be measured on a scale of "superior" to "inferior"; and that result in the social, political and economic advantage of one group in relation to others.
The Soviet Union initiated the "Zionism is racism" campaign in the United Nations (see Zionology for context) in response to United States proposals for UN resolutions against discrimination that criticised the Soviet Union.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zionism-and-racism   (7572 words)

  
 Writers Creek » Why Zionism is Racism.
I believe that zionism is racism, because in establishing the racially exclusive state of Israel, in 1948, and expelling the indigenous Palestinians from the land, the zionists severed a relationship that people had to the land for over 4,000 years, uninterrupted, since before Abraham.
I believe that zionism is racism, because in building Israel, the zionists were revising history, embracing the notion of racial superiority, an ideology that has empowered them to discriminate, with all of its associated social ills, injustices, and moral bankruptcy.
I believe that zionism is racism because it is presented by its champions, from Gil Troy to Elie Wiesel, as a romantic movement, which allowed zionists to reclaim the desert and build a model nation-state.
www.letswrite.net /why-zionism-is-racism   (823 words)

  
  Zionism and racism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zionism was named after Mount Zion in Jerusalem which has served as a symbol of the Jewish homeland since the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BC.
The term racism refers to discriminatory beliefs and practices that presume inherent and significant differences exist between the genetics of human races; that assume these traits can be measured on a scale of "superior" to "inferior"; and that result in the social, political and economic advantage of one group in relation to others.
The Soviet Union initiated the "Zionism is racism" campaign in the United Nations (see Zionology for context) in response to United States proposals for UN resolutions against discrimination that criticised the Soviet Union.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zionism_and_racism   (2949 words)

  
 Zionism is Racism Petition
Zionism is based on the concept of ethnic superiority, of occupation, terrorism, plundering of resources and land, and racism against other religions.
Zionism is not a representation of Judaism or a fulfillment of a Judicial prophecy.
Its founder, Theodore Herzl, was dismayed by the mass anti-Semitism in France aroused by the Dreyfuss affair.
www.petitiononline.com /unzio/petition.html   (417 words)

  
 Zionism and racism - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Zionism is a political movement which maintains that the Jewish people constitute a nation and are entitled to a national homeland.
The Soviet Union began the "Zionism is racism" campaign in the United Nations in response to United States proposals for UN resolutions against bigotry, which criticised the Soviet Union.
On November 10, 1975 the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), Resolution 3379, which stated that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." The resolution was revoked on 16 December 1991, with a vote of 111 to 25 (with 13 abstentions).
www.music.us /education/Z/Zionism-and-racism.htm   (1634 words)

  
 Zionism & Israel
Zionism ended "the longest occupation in history" - the occupation of the land of Israel.
Zionism helped to save people and salvage the vestiges of the dignity and honor of the Jewish people in the Holocaust, bringing boatloads of immigrants to Mandate Palestine in the "illegal" immigration, sending parachutists behind enemy lines to save Jews and help the allied war effort, and leading ghetto revolts and partisan groups.
The notion that Zionism is racism was probably spawned by the Soviet doctrine of "Zionology," an anti-Semitic ideological invention that was aimed as much at bolstering state-sponsored anti-Semitism as it was intended to support the anti-Israel policies of the Soviet government.
www.zionism-israel.com   (2259 words)

  
 Why Zionism Is RacismZionism is a racist and irredeemable movement, like Bolshevism, Nazism, andd Apartheid
I believe that zionism is racism, because in establishing the racially exclusive state of Israel, in 1948, and expelling the indigenous Palestinians from the land, the zionists severed a relationship that people had to the land for over 4,000 years, uninterrupted, since before Abraham.
I believe that zionism is racism because in our world of post-modern identities, I know that we do not have to be "either-ors", we can be "ands and buts" – a zionist and a settler, an American citizen of Polish heritage but a soldier in the Israeli army.
I believe that zionism is racism because it is presented by its champions, from Gil Troy to Elie Wiesel, as a romantic movement, which allowed zionists to reclaim the desert and build a model nation-state.
www.geocities.com /rabbishlomo/whyzionismisracism.html   (823 words)

  
 F L A M E : Zionism: Is it racism?
Racism is totally contrary to Jewish philosophy and Jewish thinking, Jews have been and still are on the forefront of the fight for racial justice in the United States, in South Africa and all over the world.
The disgusting equation that "Zionism = Racism" was foisted on the General Assembly of the United Nations by the Arab nations and by the Soviet bloc.
Racism is totally contrary to the tenets of the Jewish religion and to the unwritten constitution of Israel.
www.factsandlogic.org /ad_12.html   (863 words)

  
 Zionism And Its Impact
Zionism acquired its particular focus from the ancient Jewish longing for the return to Zion and received a strong impetus from the increasingly intolerable conditions facing the large Jewish community in tsarist Russia.
One result of this involvement with European expansionism, however, was that the leaders of the nascent nationalist movements in the Middle East viewed Zionism as an adjunct of European colonialism.
Moreover, Zionist assertions of the contemporary relevance of the Jews' historical ties to Palestine, coupled with their land purchases and immigration, alarmed the indigenous population of the Ottoman districts that Palestine comprised.
www.wrmea.com /html/focus.htm   (6072 words)

  
 Is Zionism Racism? | The New America Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
However, while Zionism itself is not racism, some Israeli policies are unjustifiable and should be condemned even by Americans who support Israel's right to exist and defend itself.
Zionism -- the belief that the Jewish ethnic nation deserves its own homeland, like other ethnic nations -- is no more racist in itself than Polish nationalism or Norwegian nationalism.
Unlike liberal Zionism, which grew out of the 19th century ideal of self-determination on the part of peacefully coexisting secular nation-states, racist Zionism is based on chauvinistic tribalism and religious fundamentalism.
www.newamerica.net /publications/articles/2001/is_zionism_racism   (985 words)

  
 Why Zionism Is Racism : Indybay
Thursday Oct 6th, 2005 6:05 PM I believe that zionism is racism because it is presented by its champions, from Gil Troy to Elie Wiesel, as a romantic movement, which allowed zionists to reclaim the desert and build a model nation-state.
Zionism is the right of the Jewish people to self determination in their ancient homeland.
Zionism acquired its particular focus from the ancient Jewish longing for the return to Zion and received a strong impetus from the increasingly intolerable conditions facing the large Jewish community in tsarist Russia.
www.indybay.org /newsitems/2005/10/06/17729781.php   (9175 words)

  
 The Great Gulf Between Zionism and Judaism
Thus from its very beginning Zionism was a result of Anti-Semitism and indeed is completely compatible with it, because Zionists and anti-Semites had (and have) a common goal: To bring all Jews from their places of domicile to the Zionist state, thus uprooting Jewish communities that had existed for hundreds and even thousands of years.
Let those states, opposed to Zionism, who have become affluent during the past generation, show that they mean what they say by offering to replace any financial loss the UN may suffer as a consequence, and let the member states vote their conscience without fear and regardless of any intimidation.
One of the basic aims of Zionism is aliyah, the immigration to the Zionist state of Jews from all countries.
www.nkusa.org /AboutUs/Zionism/greatgulf.cfm   (3826 words)

  
 Zionism is Racism! Zionism = Racism! ... or not?
As communism was against Racism, and Zionism was largely formed under strong leftist and socialist influences this presented some difficulties for the Soviet Union.
In 1991, with the fall of the Soviet Union, the UN General Assembly revoked resolution 3379, admitting it had been mistaken to label Zionism and Racism.
In spite of the retraction by the UN, some politically motivated NGOs tried to use the Durban Conference against Racism and Xenophobia in September 2001 to revive the idea that "Zionism is Racism" in "The NGO Declaration".
www.zionismontheweb.org /antizionism/ZionismIsRacism.htm   (866 words)

  
 Zionism = Racism.
Zionism is an unusual nationalism: it is largely the creation of a single individual, Theodor Herzl.
Zionism is also unusual because, in the early years, there was no clear idea of the national homeland.
Zionism is not such a movement, and the State of Israel does not claim to be a bi-national state.
web.inter.nl.net /users/Paul.Treanor/zionism.html   (3415 words)

  
 zionism   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Zionism dictates this -so as to preserve the Jewish character of the land of “Zion” (a vivid illustration of how religious Zionism induces political Zionism).
Zionism has this delusional effect on its hosts, and, to be cured, it must first be diagnosed.
Zionism is indeed a diabolic creed, whose victims today are the Israelis and Palestinians alike; it is the root cause of the apparent enmity between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
www.mideastjournal.com /zionism.html   (2034 words)

  
 "Zionism is Racism" - The Peace Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1975, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution slandering Zionism by equating it with racism.
Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, which holds that Jews, like any other nation, are entitled to a homeland.
Zionism recognizes that Jewishness is defined by shared origin, religion, culture and history.
peace.heebz.com /zisr.html   (1424 words)

  
 Kathleen and Bill Christison: Zionism as Racist Ideology
From the beginning, Zionism has been based on the supremacy of the Jewish people, whether this predominance was to be exercised in a full-fledged state or in some other kind of political entity, and Zionism could never have survived or certainly thrived in Palestine without ridding that land of most of its native population.
Racism is not a part of the genetic makeup of Jews, any more than it was a part of the genetic makeup of Germans when Hitler ran a racist regime.
Zionism did not ask for or receive the consent of universal Jewry to speak in its name; therefore labeling Zionism as racist does not label all Jews and cannot be called anti-Semitic.
www.counterpunch.org /christison11082003.html   (6122 words)

  
 Zionism and racism
In November 1975 a majority of the nations of the world agreed in the UN General Assembly that Zionism, that is Jewish nationalism, is racist.
Many Jews are heavily engaged in anti-racism, but it is usually the racism of other peoples and very seldom their own that seems to take their interest.
One of the most keen to push for so-called anti-racism legislation in the EU is the chairman of the Management Board of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in Vienna, Jean Kahn, who also happens to have been the president of the European Jewish Congress.
www.patriot.dk /zion1.html   (301 words)

  
 Zionism or Racism?
In that sense, Zionism in its core is positive, as it affirms and wishes to preserve the culture and unique genetic traits of a people.
In the crusade against all forms of nationalism (except Zionism, of course, which is only meant to "protect Jews against racism"), the Jews seem to forget the fact that they are hunting down the very same thing which they for their own people actively are supporting: nationalism.
Zionism needs to become nationalist and focus only on the issue on how to preserve the Jewish people and where the Jewish groups can settle down and again build up their culture around more sane and healthy values.
anus.com /zine/articles/alexis/zionism   (1747 words)

  
 Zionism
Zionism is not an evil conspiracy or a racist plot hatched by sly swarthy evil Jews in dark alleys and secret meeting places, but rather a movement of dedicated idealists who wrought an impossible miracle, which every expert insisted was impossible, against huge odds.
Zionism faced the opposition of other Jews and the indifference or hatred of most of the world.
Zionism transformed the intellectuals and merchants of the ghettos of Europe into workers and engineers who built great industries and made deserts bloom.
zionism.netfirms.com   (2371 words)

  
 Article: Zionism, Israel, Racism/Apartheid: Setting the Record Straight   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If I hold the opinion that Zionism is racism, this is notwithstanding the fact that had this been during the Nazi, I hope that I would be among those who would be voices of conscience to be on the side of those who were victims of one of the worst genocides in human history.
It was suggested that Israel is not an apartheid and Zionism is not racism.
Racism is not related to the pursuit of self-determination.
www.globalwebpost.com /farooqm/writings/other/zionism_racism.htm   (5182 words)

  
 Why Zionism Is Racism Fascism And Nazism -- Pakistan Defenders Forum
> >I believe that zionism is racism, because in >establishing the racially exclusive state of Israel, >in 1948, and expelling the indigenous Palestinians >from the land, the zionists severed a relationship >that people had to the land for over 4,000 years, >uninterrupted, since before Abraham.
> >I believe that zionism is racism, because in building >Israel, the zionists were revising history, embracing >the notion of racial superiority, an ideology that has >empowered them to discriminate, with all of its >associated social ills, injustices, and moral >bankruptcy.
> >I believe that zionism is racism because it is >presented by its champions, from Gil Troy to Elie >Wiesel, as a romantic movement, which allowed zionists >to reclaim the desert and build a model nation-state.
www.voy.com /96956/375.html   (1391 words)

  
 TruthNews   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At a news conference in Geneva, Mary Robinson told journalists the issue of Zionism should not be put on the conference agenda.
She says they should steer away from old, emotive issues such as Zionism as racism, which could lead to a breakup of the next month's Durban World Conference on Racism.
Robinson says she told Palestinian Leader, Yasser Arafat that the conference would fail if there was any attempt to revive the idea of Zionism as racism.
www.truthnews.net /world/2001_07_zionism_racism.html   (418 words)

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