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Theodor Herzl
Defining Zionism: The belief that Israel belongs to the entire Jewish people

Given the ways in which the word 'Zionism' is thrown around both in Israel and outside of it, and the vast permutations it’s gone through over the past decades, perhaps it's time we try to define it realistically.

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It's time for Israel to talk to Hamas

Just as the PLO was transformed into the Palestinian Authority, so it is time to start treating Hamas not as a 'terror organization,' but as a government.

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Zionism is not an ideology

The concept of Zionism is dear to us, and therefore it is important that it find expression only in its rightful place: in the difference between us and the Jews of the Diaspora.

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Israeli-Palestinian peace would neutralize Iran threat

Attempting to destroy Iran's nuclear potential militarily is liable to drag Israel into a drawn-out war.

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An open letter to Gideon Levy

Israeli author tells Haaretz columnist that his comparison of Gazan-Israeli death tolls is 'absurd.'

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Ahad Ha'am would have been thrilled

'Materialism' is not a separate bubble. There is no such thing as 'national existence without spiritual content.' Spirituality, for better or for worse, high or low, noble or perverted, correct or mistaken, sane or insane, penetrates every cell of humanity, as long as it survives.

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The moral choice

Only a Labor Party led by Amir Peretz, as a strong partner in a future coalition, will be able to lift Israelis out of the garbage.

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