Zi·on·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (z-nzm) n. A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-Semitism and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Modern Zionism is concerned with the support and development of the state of Israel.
There's nothing inherently hateful about zionism, Albert Einstein was an openly zionistic. The russian falsification was a book called something like 'the protocols of the elders of zion', which ascribed the ideas of world contol of the banks and governments to Jews.
As an idea this can be traced back (at least) to renaisance Italy (1400s). Christianity explixitly prohibits money lending, so until the renaisance all banks were run by Jews. The Medici family saw how much money was being made and started spreading rumors and lies about Jews, and later even engineered a run on the banks to break the jewish control and replace it with their own.
As for JAP I hated the term the first time I heard it - when I moved to Syracuse - about 2 weeks later I was using it freely. It's hard not too when there are just sooooo many people who fit the stereotype.
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Date: 2003-10-17 06:50 am (UTC)n. A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-Semitism and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Modern Zionism is concerned with the support and development of the state of Israel.
There's nothing inherently hateful about zionism, Albert Einstein was an openly zionistic. The russian falsification was a book called something like 'the protocols of the elders of zion', which ascribed the ideas of world contol of the banks and governments to Jews.
As an idea this can be traced back (at least) to renaisance Italy (1400s). Christianity explixitly prohibits money lending, so until the renaisance all banks were run by Jews. The Medici family saw how much money was being made and started spreading rumors and lies about Jews, and later even engineered a run on the banks to break the jewish control and replace it with their own.
As for JAP I hated the term the first time I heard it - when I moved to Syracuse - about 2 weeks later I was using it freely. It's hard not too when there are just sooooo many people who fit the stereotype.