The word Zionism was coined by Theodor Herzl, a Jew, in 1897. But the concept (without a word to describe it) had been firmly documented since 1843 when Rev. Keith, an Anglican clergyman, proposed sending all the British Jews to Palestine, 'A land without a people for a people without a land,' or maybe 'A country without a people for a people without a country.' People heard him say it, and it got written down, but his exact version remains a bit of a mystery.
Many Christian believe that Jews, deicides all, must not be allowed to live with Christians, and Zionist Christians, who have enough votes to influence elections in many predominantly Christian countries, believe that Jesus cannot return until all the Jews are in Palestine. So the British Anglican clergy were, for the most part, convinced that all British Jews must be sent to Palestine, and, after the defeat of the Ottomans, the British and French divided the Ottoman Empire, splitting all the Ottoman Vilayets into many small pieces, where parts of predominantly Sunni, Shi'a , and Kurdish regions were reformed into French and British colonies with a mixture of Sunni, Shi'a, and Kurds who disliked each other and could not agree on much of anything, making it easier for the British and French to control their new colonies.
But Palestine was 92% Palestinians, so Britain sent enough Jews to make it about 40% Jewish, with animosity between Jews and Palestinians stoked so they would not be able to challenge British Imperial Rule (but then the Jews blew up the King David Hotel when it was full of British Imperial officers).
Still, the British mostly had British Palestine under British Imperial Rule, and refused to accept Jews from other European countries. The British figured Jews were a problem, but European Jews were a European problem and Europe must be prevented from inflicting their problems on any other part of the planet.
Then came WWII, and the US decided to ship all the Jews in Western Europe to Palestine.
The official US story is based on the 1958 book of Exodus by Leon Uris (made into a movie in 1960), where the Jews were forced from Europe to Palestine, they came in peace, unarmed, only to be attacked by the Arabs who wanted to finish what the Nazis started, but the Jews were miraculously saved.
In fact, the Jews were heavily armed and expelled more than 700,000 Palestinians from Palestine. Part of the blame is laid on the Arab heads of state who suggested it would be better for the Palestinians to leave Palestine where a major war would drive the Jews out, after which they could safely return, only those 700,000 Palestinians who left until the Arab armies could retake Palestine remain in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan to this day. And they call their expulsion from Palestine their Nakba or catastrophe. As do most of the Palestinians who remained in Israel, where they have few rights and are under constant threat of expulsion.
The situation is complicated since, of the 7 million or so Palestinians in Israel, Israel gave 2 million passports and said they are welcome to remain in Israel, own land, vote in elections, and have full rights.
But the other 5 million Palestinians who were in Palestine before the Jews were sent from the UK and Europe are illegal aliens with no rights. Those in Ghaza were limited in what they could do, how much food they could grow or fish, and had barely enough to eat, and housing lacking many amenities. They were walled in with a wired wall that would indicate any attempt to break out or bring in food or weapons or tools or just about anything. Three battalions patrolled that wall to ensure nothing got in or out.
And then, in October 2023, the battalions were ordered to go to the West Bank, the monitors of the detection devices looking for breaches of the wall were unstaffed, and Hamas managed to blow up a section of the wall. As they explored the area near the wall, Hamas found a fortress full of sleeping Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) soldiers with no guards and the gates unlocked, so Hamas were able to kill some of the soldiers and try to kidnap the rest.
Hamas attempted to kidnap a large number of Israelis, but Israel have a policy of killing all potential hostages, and the IOF managed to kill hundreds of Israelis who might have been taken hostage. A team of propagandists were sent to study the remains of the attack by Hamas and counterattack by the IOF, and they reported that Hamas had raped and murdered women and babies, but without a shred of proof or evidence. Still, their claim remains Gospel to all the Western media, and is an essential part of the Western narrative.
That Western narrative says the only genocide was on 7 October: every Philistine in Ghaza is determined to exterminate every last Jew on Earth, and Israel must try to protect the Jews from annihilation, and the only way to achieve that is by removing all the Philistines from Ghaza.
Israel propose that Hamas surrender and release all hostages, after which some Philistines will be incarcerated, some executed, and the rest deported. The Philistines have shown no inclination to accept this, which the Western narrative says is the only possible solution, so stopping all food from going to Ghaza, destroying all crops and water facilities is essential if peace is to be brought back to Ghaza.
So far, Israel seems to have killed about 30,000 Palestinians, but deaths from thirst and starvation are just now starting, and, if Hamas do not surrender and no other country accept the Philistines, the Israeli and American governments hope this will eliminate the Philistine problem from Ghaza once and for all: no ceasefire, no food allowed into Ghaza (a few food drops into the ocean, where starving Philitines might drown trying to get it, and the food that lands on land protected by IOF machine gun fire killing all those who try to get any of it).
And, according to the Western narrative, this is altogether fitting and proper, the only possible way to deal with the Philistines in Ghaza.
Of course, the US and Israel are not the entire world, and the impact of this policy on the rest of the world remains to be seen, and how it will affect the Israeli economy and the viability of Israel as a state.
So Zionism has enslaved the Jews, and it is looking like the end will not be very good for the Jews.
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