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Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial_opinion/opinion/time_reclaim_zionism

Time to Reclaim Zionism

(New York Jewish Week) David Bernstein - Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, has long been treated by much of the world as a kind of ideological disease. Zionism is in its simplest form the belief that Jews have the right to a state in the Land of Israel. Just as it was in the 19th century and at Israel's founding, Zionism is a big tent, encompassing a range of perspectives, from those who want to normalize the Jewish condition in a pluralistic, secular democracy to those who pine for a theocratic Torah state. Those who malign Zionism either don't understand it or outright reject Jewish self-determination. The writer is executive director of The David Project.

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