Zionism Redefined

Why do I spend time on Zionism? I do so because I was brought up thinking that Zionism, as sanctified by the Holocaust, was the closest thing to truth on Earth. The discovery that it was not so led me to try to understand how mankind lives in the realm of dreams, stories, and symbols more than so-called Reality; we choose our dreams like run-away trains, then hang on for dear life!

Israel and America are mirrors of each other, with a time-lag: Israel is about 100 years stepped back. By this I mean it is back where the USA was when America decided to exterminate the native populations. I have often said that Palestine is the Original Sin of our time. By that I mean that if the most powerful and technically and scientifically brilliant country in all history...and its brilliant ally...can not find a way to peace and justice in the limits of Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, then there is no hope for present day society. And we will be driven from our Eden. Full stop. That is all there is to it. So, updating Zionism, from Ha'aretz: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063597.html  

Does Zionism legitimize every act of violence? 
 By Gideon Levy
... And what is Zionism nowadays? An archaic and outdated concept born in a different reality, a vague and delusive concept marking the difference between the permitted and the proscribed. Does Zionism mean settlement in the territories? Occupation? The legitimization of every act of violence and injustice? The left stammered. Any statement critical of Zionism, even the Zionism of the occupation, was considered a taboo that the left did not dare break. The right grabbed a monopoly on Zionism, leaving the left with its self-righteousness...