anti-Zionism

noun

an·​ti-Zi·​on·​ism ˌan-tē-ˈzī-ə-ˌni-zəm 

ˌan-tī-

: opposition to the establishment or support of the state of Israel : opposition to Zionism

The author also suffers from a reflexive anti-Zionism that, fortunately, mars only a few portions of his text.

—Randall Rothenberg

anti-Zionist

ˌan-tē-ˈzī-ə-nist 

ˌan-tī-

adjective

One week later two orthodox Jews were badly beaten one block from the UC Berkeley campus, and anti-Zionist graffiti appeared on sidewalks and buildings near the school.

—Karen Alexander

anti-Zionist noun

Hans Morgenthau was an anti-Zionist … until the 1967 war, when his pride in Israel's triumph led him gradually to redefine his Jewish identity.

—Monroe K. Spears

Examples of anti-Zionism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This should be anathema to a Jewish community that defended freedom of expression during McCarthyism and the Vietnam War but now seems inclined to outlaw anti-Zionism. —Walter Ruby, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024

The deep Zionism of the Hanukkah story resonates especially in this era of endemic anti-Zionism and antisemitism. —Jon Levin, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024

Still, Ko’s anti-Zionism exists necessarily in relation to mainstream Jewish identity—as a form of dissent. —Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024

This idea that American Jews are unsafe is often justified by conflating the American Jewish community with Israel and blurring the line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. —Rabbi Andrue J. Kahn, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above