The Zionism that I believe in – that I study, that I pray, that I live – does not envision for the holy people of Israel a life by the sword, surrounded by enemies, condemned by the world.
It does not tell us to rule over minorities with callousness and prejudice, it does not demand of us to empower fundamentalists and bigots, it does not ask us to set our sights on anything short of the full flourishing of Torah society in this land.
It also does not require us to hide who we are, to depend on false friends, or to seek our own destruction in order to appease those who have culturally misunderstood us by choice for millenia.
The Zionism that I believe in is the dream of millions of Israelite souls who have lived, fought, built, and died for a country where we can be free to choose ourselves and our God.
It was not defeated by enemy leaders from without and it will not be defeated by failed leaders from within.