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Orthodox Anti-Zionism and the Messianic Idea in Judaism
The 1885 platform and subsequent Zionist movements were not interested in a return and were seen as a false Messianism by the Orthodox perspective. They believed Zionism disregarded the covenant of exile. Rabbi Abraham Isaac Cook disagreed with this view and offered an alternative, recognizing the challenges of a secular group carrying the Messianic period of history.