Zionism

Zionism is a racial supremacist and ethnonationlist ideology which calls for the creation of a Jewish ethnostate and the eradication and cleansing of its native population.

There were once a large number of other proposals for the location for a Jewish homeland. Most of these various ideas were suggested by Jewish Zionists, though some were also promoted by viciously antisemitic individuals. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime promoted one such plan and in 1940 seriously proposed sending all the European Jews to Madagascar, almost entirely against their will. Most of proposals by Jewish Zionists for lands to be colonized included the land of Palestine due to its significance in Jewish religion. Today, Zionism is the leading ideology of the State of Israel and represents a major justification for its ongoing genocide and settler-colonialism in Palestinian lands.

See also

• Manifest Destiny
• Lebensraum