"Anti-Zionism" is an imprecise term, but it is not useless.
Moving 6 million white European Jews into the Middle East is certainly Zionism. (I allow 1 million out of a total of 7 million Israeli Jews for Middle Eastern Jews.) One meaning then would be to say "This is a bad idea." Of course, that meaning is useless now.
"Anti-Zionism" is an imprecise term, but it is not useless.
Moving 6 million white European Jews into the Middle East is certainly Zionism. (I allow 1 million out of a total of 7 million Israeli Jews for Middle Eastern Jews.) One meaning then would be to say "This is a bad idea." Of course, that meaning is useless now.
Another possible meaning for anti-Zionism would be "Let's move the 6 million European Jews somewhere else." I think that meaning alarms you. I avoid dwelling on that meaning by a simple line of thought, "It would require a nuclear war."
Another meaning would be, "Let's not steal any more land from West Bank and East Jerusalem Palestinians." That meaning is both logical and useful.
Also consider "Zionism-lite". That meaning would certainly include a two-state solution and the one-state solution which you call "equity". It would also include "Stop destroying Gaza and pay to rebuild it." The final possibility is certainly logical, ethical, and about as likely as saying "Restore to life 35,000 Palestinians."
Another implied meaning would be "Stop lying about Palestinians." For example, stop saying "Palestinians hate Jews" when the truth is that Palestinians hate occupation. (2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel apparently do not hate Jews, though they resent the fact that they don't have full equality.)
The biggest lie is this: "We are fighting an existential war." (Yair Lapid in NYT) When prime minister Netanyahu and opposition leader Lapid agree precisely, you can know that this is either undeniable or dogma. And since the notion that 30,000 guerilla fighters armed with rifles and unguided rockets can overwhelm one of the strongest military forces in the world is ludicrous, it must be dogma.
Of course, the most important thing about the phrase anti-Zionism is that it contradicts the false notion that opposing occupation is antisemitism.
BTW funding Hamas was not a failed policy. Since the goal was to sabotage a two-state solution, it was highly successful.
"Anti-Zionism" is an imprecise term, but it is not useless.
Moving 6 million white European Jews into the Middle East is certainly Zionism. (I allow 1 million out of a total of 7 million Israeli Jews for Middle Eastern Jews.) One meaning then would be to say "This is a bad idea." Of course, that meaning is useless now.
Another possible meaning for anti-Zionism would be "Let's move the 6 million European Jews somewhere else." I think that meaning alarms you. I avoid dwelling on that meaning by a simple line of thought, "It would require a nuclear war."
Another meaning would be, "Let's not steal any more land from West Bank and East Jerusalem Palestinians." That meaning is both logical and useful.
Also consider "Zionism-lite". That meaning would certainly include a two-state solution and the one-state solution which you call "equity". It would also include "Stop destroying Gaza and pay to rebuild it." The final possibility is certainly logical, ethical, and about as likely as saying "Restore to life 35,000 Palestinians."
Another implied meaning would be "Stop lying about Palestinians." For example, stop saying "Palestinians hate Jews" when the truth is that Palestinians hate occupation. (2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel apparently do not hate Jews, though they resent the fact that they don't have full equality.)
The biggest lie is this: "We are fighting an existential war." (Yair Lapid in NYT) When prime minister Netanyahu and opposition leader Lapid agree precisely, you can know that this is either undeniable or dogma. And since the notion that 30,000 guerilla fighters armed with rifles and unguided rockets can overwhelm one of the strongest military forces in the world is ludicrous, it must be dogma.
Of course, the most important thing about the phrase anti-Zionism is that it contradicts the false notion that opposing occupation is antisemitism.
BTW funding Hamas was not a failed policy. Since the goal was to sabotage a two-state solution, it was highly successful.