Zionism: What It is and What It is Not

by Dr. Arnold Fructenbaum

The word "Zionism" is very common today thanks to the United Nations' condemnation of it during their General Assembly debate on November 10, 1975. Because of this, there is much confusion among believers as to the nature of Zionism and whether or not they should support it or stand against it.

There is a lot of propaganda going on concerning Zionism; much of it is guilty of distortion and misinformation. In fact, anti-Zionism has become merely a new term for old fashioned "antiSemitism."

On four occasions, when the Arab states failed to defeat Israel with the force of arms, they began a propaganda campaign to equate Zionism with racism. Thanks to Arab oil's power to bribe and to intimidate the nations, the victims of racism are now accused of being racists themselves.

The United Nations has ceased to be an organization seeking justice and peace for the world. It has become a tool for the destruction of existing nations. By condemning Zionism's right to exist, they have condemned Israel's right to exist. It is impossible to separate Zionism from Israel. By this one stroke, then, the United Nations legalized the destruction of Israel by her enemies. The United Nations is indeed guilty of playing into the hands of Satan who will, during the Great Tribulation, organize a world-wide invasion of Israel (Zechariah 12:1-3; 14:1-2). Although this verdict was repealed 17 years later, the damage was already done.

But if Zionism is neither a world-wide Jewish conspiracy nor a Jewish form of racism, then what is it?

The root of Zionism is the word "Zion." Although the word "Zion" originally referred to the mount upon which the Jewish Temple stood, it eventually became equivalent to the name "Jerusalem." Zionism is concerned with the Land of Zion and with its capital, Jerusalem.

Zionism describes a feeling. It is an expression of the longing and yearning that the Jewish people have had in the past and still have for their homeland..

But what most believers want to know is this: Is Zionism biblical? To this question, every believer who takes the Bible literally and seriously must say "yes." 

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