While anti-Zionism usually utilizes ethnic
and political arguments against the existence
or policies of the state of Israel, anti-Zionism
has also been expressed within religious contexts
which have, at times, colluded and collided
with the ethnopolitical arguments over Israel's
legitimacy.
Outside of the liberal and socialist fields
of anti-Zionist currents, the religious (and
often ethnoreligious) arguments tend to predominate
as the driving ideological power within the
incumbent movements and organizations, and
usually target the Israeli state's relationship
with Judaism.
== Within Judaism ==
In the early history of Zionism many traditional
religious Jews opposed ideas of nationalism
(Jewish or otherwise) which they regarded
as a secular ideology, and because of an inherent
suspicion of change.
Key traditionalist opponents of Zionism included
Isaac Breuer, Hillel Zeitlin, Aaron Shmuel
Tamares, Hayyim, Elazar Shapiro (Muncatz),
and Joel Teitelbaum, all waged ideological
religious, as well as political, battles with
Zionism each in their own way.Today, the main
Jewish theological opposition to Zionism stems
from the Satmar Hasidim, which has more than
150,000 adherents worldwide.
Even more strongly opposed to Zionism is the
small Haredi Jewish organization known as
Neturei Karta., which has less than 5,000
members, almost all of whom live in Israel
and Palestine.
According to The Guardian, "[e]ven among Charedi,
or ultra-Orthodox circles, the Neturei Karta
are regarded as a wild fringe".)
Today, one can find easy-to-read books explaining
the rationale behind Anti-Zionism.
Such books include "A Threat from Within"
by Yakov M. Rabkin.
Derech Hatosoloh by the "Rebbe" of Lev Tahor
is a 540-page comprehensive and academic work
in Hebrew explaining that in essence, Anti-Zionism
is a fundamental Jewish value.
The book can be downloaded online and is available
in short from in French, English and Arabic.It
is dangerous and may be considered treason
for preaching Anti-Zionism in Israel.
Canada has admitted refugee cases based on
such facts.
== In Islam ==
Muslim anti-Zionism generally opposes the
state of Israel as an intrusion into what
many Muslims consider to be Dar al-Islam,
a domain rightfully and permanently ruled
only by Muslims.
Once Islamic rule is established in a country,
non-Muslims are given dhimmi status as protected
from violence.Palestinian and other Muslim
groups, as well as the government of Iran
(since the 1979 Islamic Revolution), insist
that the State of Israel is illegitimate and
refuse to refer to it as "Israel", instead
using the locution "the Zionist entity" (see
Iran–Israel relations).
In an interview with Time Magazine in December
2006, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said "Everyone knows
that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands
of the United States and British governments".
== References ==
