As Christians, we are obligated to be Zionist and "stand with Israel," lest we be accused of hating the "Jooooos." However, it appears that most American Jews do not feel such an obligation - only 37% of them identify as Zionist, and for many of that subset of Jews, this does not equate with an obligation to support all actions of the Israeli government.
"Most Anti-Zionists and Non-Zionists, however, defined Zionism as also meaning 'Israel has a right to the West Bank and Gaza Strip;' 'supporting whatever actions Israel takes;' and 'believing Jews are superior to Palestinians.' Respondents who identified as Zionists tended not to identify with these additional statements. This suggests that the share of respondents who identify with Zionism depends on the understanding of the term as much or more than it does than on actual support for Jewish nationhood."
The Jewish Federations of North America released its survey of Jewish Americans last week. Much of the commentary on the survey has focused on the seemingly small share of respondents who identified as Zionist—just 37%. 8% identified as Non-Zionists and 7% as Anti-Zionists. The largest share of...
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Support in America for Zionism in general, and for the war with Iran in particular, is more of a "Christian" obsession, driven by hysterical televangelists, speculative dispen
SENsationalist prophecy and the Armageddon Theology, than it is a Jewish emphasis. Most Jews are not particularly thrilled or enthused by the "Christian" prophecy teaching that 2/3 of all Jews have to die in order for Christ to return.