zionism Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/zionism/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:58:21 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 How to defend against antizionism – Part 3 https://www.jwire.com.au/defend-against-antizionism-part-3/ https://www.jwire.com.au/defend-against-antizionism-part-3/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:20:34 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179735 An Arsenal Against Antizionism: How to Reclaim the Language (click here for part 1) (click here for part 2) If antizionism is sustained through language, then language is where it must be confronted. This is a question of accuracy, not tone or wordplay. A show of strength is not another decade of failed attempts to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/defend-against-antizionism-part-3/feed/ 1 179735 The truth about Zionism https://www.jwire.com.au/the-truth-about-zionism/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-truth-about-zionism/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:08:22 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174090 Fifty years ago today, on Nov. 10, 1975, my father, Chaim Herzog, then Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations and later the country’s sixth president, stood before the U.N. General Assembly to respond to the infamous resolution declaring that “Zionism is a form of racism.” In front of a hostile hall, he affirmed: “Zionism is […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-truth-about-zionism/feed/ 1 174090 Australia’s antisemitism plan can’t wait for a counterpart https://www.jwire.com.au/australias-antisemitism-plan-cant-wait-for-a-counterpart/ https://www.jwire.com.au/australias-antisemitism-plan-cant-wait-for-a-counterpart/#respond Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:59:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171218 Antisemitism in Australia is at crisis level—there is no other way to describe it. Jewish Australians are facing continuing and escalating hostility across campuses, online, and in public spaces. Community institutions operate under constant security. Yet, in the face of this surge, governments and police have offered little more than statements and expressions of sentiment. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/australias-antisemitism-plan-cant-wait-for-a-counterpart/feed/ 0 171218 Jews know who we are — it’s time others did too https://www.jwire.com.au/jews-know-who-we-are-its-time-others-did-too/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jews-know-who-we-are-its-time-others-did-too/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:34:25 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171118 Antisemitism in Australia has reached a point where the government is finally — and seemingly — doing something about it, declaring that something must change. But amid this long-overdue response, one essential truth is being overlooked: if we’re going to combat antisemitism seriously, we must begin by understanding how we as Jews consider our own […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jews-know-who-we-are-its-time-others-did-too/feed/ 0 171118 Israel has repeatedly been mugged by reality https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-has-repeatedly-been-mugged-by-reality/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-has-repeatedly-been-mugged-by-reality/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2024 06:49:00 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=155181 At its core, Zionism is all about Jewish self-determination. Whilst we all parrot those words, at the same time, we rarely fully act accordingly. Yes, there are many reasons over the decades and acutely now, of why – Israel is at war, is too distracted, periods of disunity and many other valid considerations. However, it […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israel-has-repeatedly-been-mugged-by-reality/feed/ 2 155181 World In Crisis https://www.jwire.com.au/world-in-crisis/ https://www.jwire.com.au/world-in-crisis/#respond Fri, 19 Jan 2024 03:35:30 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=155163 According to Bartelby in the Economist last week, we are heading towards a global disaster. Political instability at a moment of another industrial revolution and ideological turmoil. Once again. Does history repeat itself? After the so-called Enlightenment followed by the French Revolution and the upheavals of Napoleon, Europe and the 19th century went through decades of instability and […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/world-in-crisis/feed/ 0 155163 The post-Oct 7 era of official antisemitism begins https://www.jwire.com.au/the-post-oct-7-era-of-official-antisemitism-begins/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-post-oct-7-era-of-official-antisemitism-begins/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:23:15 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=154934 It’s easy to think of the opening of the International Court of Justice’s trial of Israel that began this week in The Hague as just more of the same from the international community. The notion that a country that was the victim of a grotesque terrorist assault on Oct. 7 that involved the largest mass […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-post-oct-7-era-of-official-antisemitism-begins/feed/ 0 154934 Teshuvah is for everyone https://www.jwire.com.au/teshuvah-is-for-everyone/ https://www.jwire.com.au/teshuvah-is-for-everyone/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2023 04:52:05 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=150693 No moment in Jewish history was as breathtaking as the revelation at Sinai. At that moment, a slave rabble became a people of prophets. No one was unmoved and untouched by the experience. What brought them to this historic peak? The answer may be found in God’s words, “And I carried you on eagles’ wings […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/teshuvah-is-for-everyone/feed/ 0 150693 The British Mandate https://www.jwire.com.au/the-british-mandate/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-british-mandate/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:27:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=150033 The British Mandate of Palestine was established on July 24th, 1922. It was approved at a private meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at St. James Palace in London. It went beyond the wording of the Balfour Declaration that ‘His Majesty’s Government’ only viewed ‘with favour’ the prospect of a national home […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-british-mandate/feed/ 0 150033 Netanyahu: Herzog’s judicial reform proposal perpetuates imbalance of power https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-herzogs-judicial-reform-proposal-perpetuates-imbalance-of-power/ https://www.jwire.com.au/netanyahu-herzogs-judicial-reform-proposal-perpetuates-imbalance-of-power/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:20:00 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=145674 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a judicial compromise proposal presented on Wednesday night by President Isaac Herzog during an address to the nation earlier in the evening. “I think that any attempt to reach an agreement and dialogue is certainly appropriate, and therefore coalition representatives have spoken with the president time and time again, […]

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