Zionism

"Palestine is our unforgettable historic home. The very name would be a force of marvelous potency for summoning our people together."
Theodor Herzl

Zionism, also called Jewish Nationalism, is a Nationalist ideology that believes that the best solution to the "Jewish question" is to create a nation for Jews in the Holy Land.

Zionism was proposed as a solution to the Jewish Question and as an escape from Anti-Semitism. The idea is that the only way to escape persecution from countries within the diaspora was to create a land that was specifically Jewish that would be safe for Jews.

Variants

Post-Zionism

Post-Zionism refers to the opinions of some Israelis, diaspora Jews and others, particularly in academia, that Zionism fulfilled its ideological mission with the formation of the modern State of Israel in 1948, and that Zionist ideology should therefore be considered at an end. Right-wing Jews also use the term to refer to the left wing of Israeli politics in light of the Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995.

Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous search for truth and knowledge, which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the theophany at Mount Sinai. A highly liberal strand of Judaism, it is characterized by lessened stress on ritual and personal observance, regarding halakha (Jewish law) as non-binding and the individual Jew as autonomous, and great openness to external influences and progressive values.

Neo-Zionism

Neo-Zionism is a right-wing, nationalistic and religious ideology that appeared in Israel following the Six-Day War in 1967 and the capture of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Neo-Zionists consider these lands part of Israel and advocate their settlement by Israeli Jews. Some advocate the transfer of Arabs not only from these areas but also from within the Green Line.

Cultural Zionism

Cultural Zionism is a strain in the concept of Zionism that valued creating a centre in historic Palestine with its own secular Jewish culture and history, including language and historical roots, rather than other Zionist ideas such as political Zionism. The man considered to have founded the concept of cultural Zionism is Asher Ginsberg, better known as Ahad Ha'am. With his secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual centre" in Israel, he confronted Theodor Herzl. Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ha'am strived for "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews".

Jewish Atheism

Jewish Atheism refers to the atheism of people who are ethnically and (to a certain extent) culturally Jewish. Contrary to popular belief, the term "Jewish atheism" is not a contradiction because Jewish identity encompasses not only religious components, but also ethnic and cultural ones. So, one can be ethnically Jewish, but not believe in the religion of Judaism and be an atheist.

Liberal Zionism

General Zionism (or Liberal Zionism) was initially the dominant trend within the Zionist movement from the First Zionist Congress in 1897 until after the First World War. General Zionists identified with the liberal European middle class to which many Zionist leaders such as Herzl and Chaim Weizmann aspired. Liberal Zionism, although not associated with any single party in modern Israel, remains a strong trend in Israeli politics advocating free market principles, democracy and adherence to human rights for their citizens. Their political arm was one of the ancestors of the modern-day Likud. Kadima, the main centrist party during the 2000s that split from Likud and is now defunct, however, did identify with many of the fundamental policies of Liberal Zionist ideology, advocating among other things the need for Palestinian statehood in order to form a more democratic society in Israel, affirming the free market. In 2013, Ari Shavit suggested that the success of the then-new Yesh Atid party (representing secular, middle-class interests) embodied the success of "the new General Zionists."

Philosopher Carlo Strenger describes a modern-day version of Liberal Zionism (supporting his vision of "Knowledge-Nation Israel"), rooted in the original ideology of Herzl and Ahad Ha'am, that stands in contrast to both the romantic nationalism of the right and the Netzah Yisrael of the ultra-Orthodox. It is marked by a concern for democratic values and human rights, freedom to criticize government policies without accusations of disloyalty, and rejection of excessive religious influence in public life. "Liberal Zionism celebrates the most authentic traits of the Jewish tradition: the willingness for incisive debate; the contrarian spirit of davka; the refusal to bow to authoritarianism. Liberal Zionists see that "Jewish history shows that Jews need and are entitled to a nation-state of their own. But they also think that this state must be a liberal democracy, which means that there must be strict equality before the law independent of religion, ethnicity or gender."

Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, also known as "Born-again Christianity" is a denomination of Christianity within Protestantism. Due to dispensationalist beliefs within Evangelicalism philosophy, Evangelicalism is by default very Zionist and Philosemitic. Jewish and Christian collaboration is essential for their beliefs. Evangelicalism, or Christian Zionism is general, was popularized with The Scofield Reference Bible in 1909

Bibism

Bibism, also known as Netanyahuism, is the ideology of Israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his party Likud.

Economic Views

Netanyahu is economically liberal, being described as the "advocate of the free-market." In his first term, he made reforms to multiple private sectors. During his term as Finance minister from 2003 to 2005, Netanyahu led a program of privatization, reducing taxes on businesses and improving the Israeli economy.

Foreign Policy

Netanyahu strongly supports counter-terrorism operations, being motivated by his brothers death in Operation Entebbe. Netanyahu is strongly against a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, declaring in his parties charter "From the river to the sea, there will be only Israeli sovereignty." Netanyahu has shown this by his strong response to the recent Hamas attack, specifically by launching a brutal bombing campaign against Gaza, killing thousands of civilians, and by invading the region of Rafah , despite Western warnings not to do so. Netanyahu has called for taking action against Iran's nuclear program, and has taken action against Iran during his rule.

History

Political Zionism started in the late 1800s with Theodor Herzl publishing his book: Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) and later Altneuland (The Old New Land), but the Jewish sentiment of returning to Zion has existed far longer since the land of Israel was taken over by the Roman Empire.

Zionism started as a fringe ideology within the Jewish community, with many voicing their disapproval for the idea, but in 1917, during the First World War, Britain was in dire need of support, so they turned to the Jewish community, and in return, they created the Balfour Declaration which was a public statement promising a homeland for Jews located in Palestine, which at the time was under the Ottoman Empire's rule.

Mainly due to the anti-Semitic feelings some european countries committed and various acts of hatred for a long time that spread for centuries, it wasn't until the arrival of Nazism in Germany where it became the breeding ground for a great genocide against the jews to later cause a greater feeling among the jews, who felt totally rejected in european countries and found themselves trying to live in the promised land of Israel.

Haavara Agreement

During 1933 there were some agreements where it was planned to send several German Jews to British Palestine, an agreement that was quite controversial by several sides, both Zionists and Nazis, due to the great ideological rejection that both ideologies had, only approximately could be sent like 60,000 German Jews to British Palestine, due to the change in policy of the Nazi government regarding the Jews.

United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine

The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine began with the Peel Commission, which was appointed by the British Government to investigate the causes of unrest, specifically the 1936 Arab Revolt, in Mandatory Palestine. The Commission concluded with a proposed partition plan of three different zones:

A British zone, mainly controlling Jerusalem and Bethlehem (5%)
A Jewish zone, Controlling the north of the land (25%)
An Arab zone controlling the centre and south of the land (75%)

Reactions

The British deemed the partition plan as in impracticable and therefore rejected the plan
The Jewish reaction was at first divided. Some felt the borders left no room for a Jewish state, others wanted a Jewish state in the whole of Palestine and others saw the Commission as a 'negotiation' with the hopes to adjust the borders in the future. The Zionist congress accepted the partition plan in hopes to eventually negotiate and adjust the borders.
The Arabs rejected the proposal as they saw 'no room for the negotiation of a Jewish state', but also because they wanted Jerusalem within their borders and opposed the idea of a population transfer.

1947

May - The United Nations formed the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) who would spend time in Palestine, investigate the causes of the conflict and devise a solution.

September - The Ad Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question was also established in 1947 by the UN general assembly.
- The Committees proposed the 1947 Partition Plan, which was adopted as Resolution 181 (II) after several reviews and changes.

1948 Arab–Israeli War

Dubbed the War of Independence by Israelis and the Nakba by Palestinians.

The 1948 Arab-Israeli War began a day after the Israeli declaration of Independence on May 14 1948.

It was a continuation of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, which caused a civil war in Mandatory Palestine. The goal of the Arab League was to establish a Palestinian state under the whole Palestinian region.

Belligerents

Israel
- Haganah
- Irgun
- Lehi
- Allied Bedouin Tribes
- IDF (later)
- Mahal

Arab League
- Egypt
- Transjordan
- Iraq
- Syria
- Lebanon
- Saudi Arabia
- Yemen

Result

Israeli victory
- Captures 60% of land given to Arabs.
Arab League defeat.
- Jordanian rule of the West Bank and Egyptian Rule of the Gaza Strip.

Six-Day War

The Six-Day War Began with the Israeli invasion of the Sinai Peninsula, after Egyptian forces blocked Israeli access to the Suez Canal - which is international water and led Israel to deem it as an act of aggression. The war began on the 5th of June 1967 and ended on the 10th of June 1967, Lasting a total of 6 days (hence the name Six-Day War)

Belligerents

Israel
- IDF
- Mossad
Arab League
- United Arab Republic (modern day Egypt)
- Syria
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Lebanon (Minor involvement)

Result

Israeli victory
- Israel takes over Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza-strip and the West-bank

Oslo Accords

WIP

Premiership of Ariel Sharon

WIP

Premiership of Benjamin Netanyahu

WIP

Personality and Behaviour

Zionism is usually portrayed as a mixture of Jewish stereotypes, meaning he likes hats, uttering Hebrew phrases and removing foreskins.

Stylistic Notes

Literally just Israelcube from Polandball.
Likes to call other non-cubes "Goy", "Goyim" or "Gentiles"

Beliefs

Zionism believes in maintaining a Jewish national home in the Holy Land and Jewishness, Jewish ethnic identity.The term "Zionism" comes from Mount Zion which is the symbol of the Jewish people.

How to Draw

Flag

The flag of Zionism is simply the flag of Israel, as Zionism is an ideology that sought its establishment and seeks to maintain its existence.

Draw a cube,
Draw two blue horizontal lines at the top and base of the cube,
Draw a blue Star of David (✡︎) in the centre,
Colour the rest of the cube white,
Draw the eyes, and you're done!
(Optional) Draw a Kippah (skullcap)

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Blue	#0038B8	0, 56, 184
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Relationships

חברים (Friends)

Bibism - Thanks for fighting for my existence.
Green Zionism - We must protect our homeland's environment.
Religious Zionism - My more religious counterpart.
Labour Zionism - Ben-Gurion founded the state of Israel!
Zelenskyism - Fellow Jew ~~who wants to restore Khazaria~~.
Neoconservatism - Calls me his greatest ally. I help him out a lot. But why are you friends with Antisemites like Qatar and Franco?
Neoliberalism and Neo-Libertarianism - Gib me monies! ._.
Objectivism - She is a Jew who supports me.
American Model - The first country to ~~recolonize~~ recognize Israel and sends weapons each year. ~~I'm very sorry about USS Liberty,~~
Trumpism - You rightfully recognized Jerusalem as my capital.
Balf ourism - Thanks for supporting me back in the day.
Hindutva - Thanks for your support, Israel-India friendship forever! ~~I forgot to add you in the lists that supported me, thanks for reminding.~~
Kemalism - Ataturk sheltered Jewish refugees from Germany during WW2 and Turkey was the first Muslim country to recognize Israel. Too bad he ruined Turkey.
Tridemism - Similar to the above and my friend of the east. ~~Ignore the fact that Israel was one of the first non-Communist countries to recognize the PRC over the ROC and that Israel voted in favor of the UN resolution 2758.~~
Homoconservatism - Finally a Queer that likes me and understands that Muslims throw Homosexuals off rooftops. ~~We can put the fact that same sex marriage is illegal in Israel aside for now.~~
Alt-Lite - Most of you see me as a bastion in a sea of barbarism, but some of you don't and can be downright antisemites.
Anti-Radicalism and Horseshoe Centrism - The far-right and the far-left are VERY antisemitic.
Georgism - Herzl supported you. Tax the holy land, remove Arab rent-seekers!
Ho Chi Minh Thought - Best commie there is. Ho Chi Minh himself once met David Ben-Gurion in person and offered to build a Zionist government in exile in Indochina. We've done military cooperation too.
Japan LDPism - Thanks to you, Japan recognizes Israel as a state. R.I.P Mr. Abe.
~~Illuminatism - Nobody knows this, but we control the world together!~~
Zoroastrian Theocracy - When Persia was good before that towelhead ruined everything.
Theodemocracy - Israel is very important to Mormons, but can you stop calling us Lamanites?
Evangelical Theocracy - My most enthusiastic Christian supporter.

טירוף (Frenemies)

Jewish Theocracy - Eretz Y'israel has always been our ancestral homeland, but our movement is mostly Secular.
Kahanism - I banned your party after the Hebron shooting and condemned you as a terrorist. ~~But you have a seat in our parliament, and many of us praise you as a hero!~~
Dengism - One of the few based commies. China and Israel are quite good trade partners and I appreciate his general apathy towards regional conflicts. However, your followers in the west are really annoying. ~~But you are a hypocrite for calling me out for my genocide against Arabs when you commit genocide against Uyghurs.~~
Putinism - He may pretend to oppose me for "anti-imperialist" reasons in recent years through Russia Today and Grayzone's propaganda ~~(despite the fact You did the same thing to the Ukrainians that I did to Lebanon)~~, but we have quite good relations in practice and I need to maintain good relations with Russia to keep bombing Syria. Still, you were way more based in the past.
Castroism - Just make up your mind!
Marxism–Leninism - Thanks for initially supporting me, but why did you oppose me and side with the Arabs later on?
Progressivism - I am progressive when compared to most of the Middle East (and Muslim Countries as a whole), but recently many of you on Twitter have come out as ignorant activists that know nothing of the Jewish people and blindly support terrorists.
- Except I'm not supporting Hamas, I'm supporting the Palestinian civilians that got stuck in the crossfire (and you shot first). Not to mention your leadership is full of genocidal and quasi-theocratic lunatics who kill and deport innocent Muslims, including the kids.
- If it is true that you don't support Hamas, then why are you praising their attacks and calling for Intifada?
- That's not me who's doing it, but rather my more radical variant doing it, which unlike me, this person IS supporting Hamas.
- Oh... Alright, I'll have a severe argument with him. Thanks for the discussion, Hippie.
Showa Statism - Thank you for keeping my people safe during WWII! ~~Wait you want to join the Elders of Zion?~~ But you allying with HIM is unforgivable.
Fourth Theory - You may despise NATO but Avigdor Eskin supports both of us and Moshe Feiglin also wants to break with the US.
Islamic Theocracy - You reject our peace treaties, attack us first, and then play victim when we defend ourselves! Israel exists, deal with it! Most of you are all terrorists that want to commit anudda Holocaust!! (No but seriously please stop shooting rockets at us, also please stop doing the whole terrorism thing.) Some Muslim countries such as Jordan and Morocco are good for willing to make peace.
Islamic Democracy - Why do most of you hate me? I am one of the most democratic countries in the Middle East ~~After all, my people voted to kill muslims~~. Some of you like Lebanon and Pakistan even simp for this scumbag. At least you are more democratic than the above, and some of you are good like Albania and Kosovo.
Third Way - Barack Obama may have condemned my settlements in the West Bank but I will be forever thankful for him providing me the Iron Dome and historic billion-dollar arms deals.
Right-Wing Populism - Some of you like me, some don't. You should stop with the whole ZOG conspiracy, you're sounding like him.
Integral Neo-Darwinism - You say ugly things about my people but also praise the Netanyahu government.
Federalism - Are you sure your federation plan would work?
Protestant Theocracy - Evangelicalism is BASED! Wh-What about the Jews and their "lies"...?
Nordic Model - All the Nordic countries recognize Israel, but are way too critical towards me. ~~And what's all of this story about the recognisation of a Palestinian state by Sweden and Norway? Also, I hate Greta Thunberg and PewDiePie though.~~

אויבים (Enemies)

Jewish-Nazism - Jewish race traitors and self-haters. These are all so-called “Jewish anti-Zionists”
Bundism - My weird self-hating, Marxist, Yiddish-speaking counterpart who prefers to stay outside of his ancestral land.
Jewish Anarchism - Self-hating traitor! ~~Except for Joseph Trumpeldor and Franz Kafka, he was based.~~
Black Lives Matter - Why do you support Hamas? Unlike what you think, the USA did not invent slavery. We were slaves in Egypt centuries before the first black slaves came to America ~~although the Torah does defend slavery~~.
Mandelaism - Even though you ended Apartheid, why do you hate me. You singled me out for criticism in the World Conference Against Racism 2001, and filed a genocide case to the UN. Hamas is the real Islamo-Nazi Apartheid state, if it was true I was an apartheid state, then why are there multiple active Mosques in Israel but no active Synagogues in Gaza even before the Israel-Hamas War?
Arab Socialism - Tried to destroy me but failed miserably! And deporting Jews backfired on you MASSIVELY, since they went to Israel.
Ba'athism - We will Mossad the Assad!
- Who must go? HAHAHA!

Khomeinism - Genocidal anti-semitic Islamist theocracy who wants to erase the only home for us Jews, it is a shame to see Persia did a complete 180 from the time when we used to be friends. YOU AND HEZBOLLAH WILL BE DESTROYED!!
- - Don't worry I got your back, they can't hurt you. ~~When am I receiving that AIPAC donation you promised?~~
Jihadism - The greatest enemy of Zionism. STOP SENDING ME SUICIDE BOMBS YOU PSYCHOPATH, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!
Revolutionary Progressivism - STOP CALLING ME A CRAZY IMPERIALIST, MAOIST SIMP! You are also a Jihad simp and Khomeini simp, especially since the Israel-Hamas war.
Caesarism - YOU WERE THE ONE WHO EXPELLED ALL OF US FROM OUR KINGDOM IN THE FIRST PLACE, FUCK YOU!
Nazism - I don't think I need to explain this one.
Mielkism - Another Socialist German Jew hater, the German Democratic Republic is like another Nazi Germany.
Francoism and Salazarism - Even though you protected Jews during the Holocaust and did not participate in World War II, you both are still Fascists that simped for the Axis Powers (including him). I'm glad that Spain and Portugal is doing better now ~~even though Spain is starting to recognize Palestine again~~. The Allies should have defeated you both in WWII.
Peronism - Simps for Hitler and harbors Nazis and Ustase. How do you like your little Eichmann being captured, tried, and executed?
White Nationalism & Alt-Right - Nazi Apologists who want to kill me because of my ethnicity ~~but Breivik supports me for some weird reason, is it because I was allied with the Union of South Africa?~~
Anti-Semitism - We will protect our nation from you.
Anti-Zionism - You're no different to the above. We just want to return to our homeland but you can't seem to accept that.
Antisemitic Zionism - Same as above. But at least you agree that all Jews should live in Israel.
Juche - Fake Korea.
Palestinian Nationalism - צא מכאן פולש! I was here first! This land is mine!
Titoism - Simps for Arabs and Anti-Zionists. ~~Thanks for saving us from the Ustase.~~
Gaddafism - And you too!
Black Zionism - Fake Jew!
Latuffism - Why do you always call me a Ziombie? You are anti-semitic! And you simp for Islamist fundamentalist terrorists like Hamas too.
Crusadism - Sorry bro, this is my land. Deal with it. ~~But I copied your tactics in my war against Hamas. I hope we can kick out Saracens once and for all.~~
Paleoconservatism - "WAAAAAAAAH muh tax moneys!!!1!111!one11!" Cry about it.
Black Islamism - You… ARE A FREAK!
Neo-Ottomanism - You're a gentile that ruined Turkey that wants to conquer the Holy Land and supports H*mas. (Luckily I have the proof!)