Despite Israel’s reinstatement as a regional superpower, its public diplomatic battle lags well behind. Given the past 15 months, it is high time to restore Zionism as the topic forefront within Israel’s ideological struggle and continued existence. Far from being a vestige of the past, Zionism is the ongoing realization of Jewish destiny and a moral affirmation of Israel’s right to exist. Israel’s survival vindicates Zionism as the rightful, just, and moral course in history.
Though neglected by the Israeli establishment and dismissed by “new historians” and politicians post-independence, Zionism remains intrinsic to the Jewish people. In its attempts to make the Jewish state “just another country,” post-Zionist failed to grasp the full extent of the Zionist vision and phenomenon and stripped Israel of its unique ideology — one serving not only Jews but the world. To the contrary, Zionism is neither relic nor obsolete; it is a living, evolving project that binds Jews to their ancestral homeland. October 7th shook Israel to its core but reaffirmed the relevance of Zionism to the Israeli majority.
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