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7 - Anti-Zionism

A Morally Required Antisemitism

from Part II - Antisemitism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2022

David Patterson
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Dallas
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Central to a number of manifestations of antisemitism is anti-Zionism, which in our time has become not only intellectually fashionable but morally required: One cannot be deemed morally good without supporting those who are bent on the annihilation of the Jewish state. This is the topic of Chapter 7. Like most manifestations of antisemitism, but although it is one that has the explicit endorsement both of the left-wing elite and of Islamic Jihadists, anti-Zionism is cloaked in the self-righteous garb of moral indignation. Here anti-Zionism is understood as an opposition not to the policies of the Jewish state but to the existence of the Jewish state. The chapter explains how notions of Holy Land and sacred history are tied to anti-Zionism, how anti-Zionism is tied to a contempt for Judaism, and what this has to do with the demonization and delegitimization of the Jewish state. Once again, we find that demonization introduces a metaphysical dimension that will not tolerate any compromise or half-measures. Like most manifestations of antisemitism, but one that has yet distinct from them in that it has become intellectually fashionable, anti-Zionism is cloaked in the self-righteous garb of moral indignation.

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Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust
Making the Connections
, pp. 143 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Anti-Zionism
  • David Patterson, University of Texas, Dallas
  • Book: Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009103848.009
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  • David Patterson, University of Texas, Dallas
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  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009103848.009
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  • Anti-Zionism
  • David Patterson, University of Texas, Dallas
  • Book: Judaism, Antisemitism, and Holocaust
  • Online publication: 24 March 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009103848.009
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