Zionist
Jewish homeland supporter
A Zionist is a supporter of Zionism—the movement that established and maintains a Jewish national homeland in Israel.
The term describes both historical advocates who worked toward Israel's founding and contemporary supporters of the state: Zionist organizations, a lifelong Zionist.
It appears neutrally in political discourse but is also used as an accusation by critics of Israeli policy, sometimes as a stand-in for Jewish in antisemitic contexts. (Lowercase zionist is a less common variant.)
Letter backing Jewish state
- BaselSwiss Rhine city
- 1948Mid-twentieth century year
- Mandate PalestineBritish-administered Levant territory
- aliyahTorah reading summons
immigration · pioneers · kibbutz · settlement · Ottoman · British Mandate · diaspora · return
Middle Eastern nation
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
homeland · Jewish state · partition · independence · declaration · diplomacy · Knesset · governance
Control over one's fate
- identityWho someone is
- liberationRelease from constraint
- homelandOne's native land
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
revival · Hebrew · cultural renaissance · secular · religious · socialist · liberal · messianic
Hoped-for place of fulfillment
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- Temple MountJerusalem's contested sacred plateau
- biblicalOf sacred texts
Torah · prophecy · messianic · divine promise · return · redemption · sacred · settlers
Body of written works
- musicOrganized auditory art
- artHuman creative expression
- identityWho someone is
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
folk songs · hora · tradition · heritage · diaspora · assimilation · preservation · national consciousness
Balfour Declaration
Letter backing Jewish state
- BaselSwiss Rhine city
- 1948Mid-twentieth century year
- Mandate PalestineBritish-administered Levant territory
aliyah · immigration · pioneers · kibbutz · settlement · Ottoman · British Mandate · diaspora · return · exile
Israel
Middle Eastern nation
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- statehoodCondition of being sovereign
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-determination · homeland · Jewish state · partition · independence · declaration · diplomacy · Knesset · governance · territorial
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- identityWho someone is
- liberationRelease from constraint
- homelandOne's native land
redemption · revival · Hebrew · cultural renaissance · secular · religious · socialist · liberal · messianic · ideology
promised land
Hoped-for place of fulfillment
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- Temple MountJerusalem's contested sacred plateau
biblical · Torah · prophecy · messianic · divine promise · return · redemption · sacred · settlers · faith
literature
Body of written works
language · folk songs · hora · tradition · heritage · diaspora · assimilation · preservation · national consciousness · symbols
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, rightist
- Jewish MovementsOrthodox Judaism, Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Hasidism, Reform Jews
- Jewish PeopleAshkenazi, Sephardi, Orthodox Jew, Conservative Jew, Reform Jew
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- Litvak HeritageVilnius, yeshiva, Yiddish, shtetl
Zionistpro-Palestinian
Favoring Palestinian interests
- Labor ZionismSocialist Jewish nationalist movement