The modern movement of Zionism, which began in the late 1800s, has had many definitions and aims. Some religious Zionists say it refers to the Jewish yearning in the Bible for Zion, or Jerusalem. More secular Zionists saw an unspecific word meaning Jewish self-determination, freedom, the desire to be masters of their own destiny. Today's settler movement sees the expansion of Jewish control into the West Bank as a demonstration of Zionism. Many Jewish leaders and Jewish students say those uses of the word are antisemitic, that it is being used as a synonym for Jews, or for opposition to...
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