The Word ZIOISM Is Dead.
The article argues for retiring the terms "Zionist" and "Zionism" from contemporary political discourse, proposing they be confined to their historical context as the late 19th-century political movement aimed at establishing a Jewish state. It distinguishes Zionism from the millennia-old Jewish spi...
| Publicado en: | Moment Magazine Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 40 - 48 |
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Spring2026
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