What is a Zionist?
The term “Zionist” stems from the word Zion, which first appears in the Old Testament – the Torah – as another name for the City of King David, and came to mean over thousands of years, the whole of Jerusalem and its environs. A Zionist, therefore, is anyone – Jew or non-Jew - who believes that Israel is a Jewish homeland. But as far as I’m concerned, the term is somewhat outdated. Before 1948, Zionism was the movement to establish a Jewish country in Zion – Jerusalem – where Jews have been... Sign in to see full entry.