Jacobin Radio Dig: Zionism vs. Anti-Zionism Ep. 2 w/ Shaul Magid
Dec 15, 2023
Shaul Magid, an expert on post-1948 Jewish Zionism and Jewish anti-Zionism, discusses the growing left-wing anti-Zionist movement among young American Jews, the impact of Israel's victory in the Six-Day War on Zionism, the divide among left-wing Jewish Americans on Zionism and anti-Zionism, the neoliberalization of Israel, the weaponization of anti-Semitism to silence criticism of Israel, the contradictions in the Zionist narrative, and the ongoing Zionist civil war within Israel.
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Zionism Became A State Project After WWII
- Zionism shifted from cultural project to state-focused emergency after Nazism and WWII.
- Ben-Gurion turned statehood into the central Zionist goal amid refugee crisis and global sympathy.
Partition Was Contested Within Zionism
- The 1947 UN partition acceptance was contentious inside Zionism and among Arab states for different reasons.
- Ben-Gurion accepted partition pragmatically while some Zionists wanted all historic territory.
1967 Fueled Religious Settler Momentum
- The 1967 Six-Day War created a prophetic momentum that strengthened religious settler Zionism.
- Settler movement used captured holy sites to oppose relinquishing territory and built lasting settlements.