What do you find unbelievable, Che, that there are actually Hebrew people who are against zionism?

I feel that zion is to the Jewish people what republican is to the USA. A repulsive and troublesome wart.

Love & Peace,

MZ

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Both were represented at the 12 August demonstration in Washington: there was a group of about a dozen or so ultra-Orthodox Jews, who oppose Zionism on religious grounds. Their argument is that the Jewish state is not to be restored until the coming of the Moshiach (the Anointed One, rendered as Messiah in Anglicized Hebrew, or Christos in Greek), and that the state of Israel is contrary to scripture. Scripturally, I actually think they're on solid ground, and Judaism, like Islam, is very much about religious law and about following written teachings.

The other are those Jews who are committed to fighting for peace and justice. The Jews have a long and proud tradition of working for equality, democracy, and peace. Of course, there are strong peace-and-justice currents within every religious group, but history shows that in the struggles for social justice, from the socialist movement of the mid-19th century right through the civil rights and peace movements in our own country, Jewish people have been disproportionately present. Not all of them today are anti-Zionist, but many are, and their numbers are growing. I'm proud to say that I number dozens of them among my friends. There were hundreds of them at the 12 August demonstration, not all together in one contingent, to be sure, but they were enthusiastic participants in the march and rally.

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I said Hebrew people... 

I guess it's the language!

Don't tell anybody I said that.  OK?

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