Despite the claims of post-Zionists, anti-Zionists, and even a few on Israel’s extreme right, not only is Zionism compatible with liberal democratic ideals, but it arises naturally from them. A look at the history of Zionism makes this clear, argues Gadi Taub:
If we understand that liberty can only be anchored in a democratic form of government, and that democracy is anchored in a democratic nation-state—which is based in a national identity—then we can understand the predicament of the Jews of Europe, even without resorting to the simplistic explanation that Zionism was a reaction to anti-Semitism. . . . A considerable Arab minority does not share the national identity of the Jewish state; but this is the case in almost all democratic nation-states. Zionism was one of the pioneers in trying to articulate the idea of the right of the majority to self-determination, without discriminating against minorities.
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