Zionism is simply defined as the collective aspiration of the Judaean people to return to Zion.
That aspiration – expressed for many centuries in prayer, ritual, law, literature, mysticism ,activism, immigrations, and eventually the contemporary project of modern state building – is shared by nearly the entire Jewish nation to some degree or another. From Jerusalem to Ethiopia to Yemen to Persia to India to Russia to Ukraine to Germany to Italy to Spain to France to England to Morocco to Brasil to Argentina to the USA.
It has directly led to the emergence of a deeply flawed but thriving democratic society – very much a work in the early stages of progress, but no less a concrete manifestation of that aspiration, held by millions of people worldwide.
There is a lot to criticize in what has been said and done in the name of Zionism, ranging from state policies to fringe criminal gangs and everything in between.
But to declare your opposition to Zionism as a whole – to think that you have the power to negate that global aspiration – is as delusional as it is audacious.
Like trying to fight a force of nature.
Or of history.