anti-Zionism

noun

an·ti-Zi·on·ism ˌan-tē-ˈzī-ə-ˌni-zəm

ˌan-tī-

: opposition to the establishment or support of the state of Israel : opposition to Zionism

The author also suffers from a reflexive anti-Zionism that, fortunately, mars only a few portions of his text.—

Randall Rothenberg

anti-Zionist

ˌan-tē-ˈzī-ə-nist

ˌan-tī-

adjective

One week later two orthodox Jews were badly beaten one block from the UC Berkeley campus, and anti-Zionist graffiti appeared on sidewalks and buildings near the school. —

Karen Alexander

anti-Zionist noun

Hans Morgenthau was an anti-Zionist … until the 1967 war, when his pride in Israel's triumph led him gradually to redefine his Jewish identity. —

Monroe K. Spears

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This idea that American Jews are unsafe is often justified by conflating the American Jewish community with Israel and blurring the line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. —

Rabbi Andrue J. Kahn, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024 For Leifer, the irony—that Jews, who had long been pressured by the right to police anti-Zionism, now faced pressure from the left to disavow Zionism in any form—was bewildering. —

Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 On top of allegations that students and teachers have faced retaliation for their advocacy, protesters are calling on the city to reject attempts to equate anti-Zionism with antisemitism. —

Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024 Back on campus, the conflict about antisemitism versus anti-Zionism has landed in the middle of a decades-long, unresolved argument over speech itself. —

Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for anti-Zionism