Originally Posted by
Longbowman
Anyway some crybaby begged me to specify what I meant by 'many' a couple of posts ago. In percentage terms, I suspect the number of Jewish antizionists is around 6-8%, with a much larger percentage opposed to the current administration, the occupation of the west bank, etc. A breakdown:
Around 2% of Jews are explicitly antizionist Hassidim. The largest single group are Satmar but there are many others, notably Neturei Karta but also Toldos Aharon, etc. A large number of Chassidim from other groups are also anti-Zionist, for example my cousin, who is Chernobyler. Note: of course all these people support the right of Jews to live in Israel, just not as part of a Jewish state.
Around 1% are antizionist ultra-Orthodox who are not Hassidim. About 2/3 of Hareidim identify as 'non-Zionist' or 'anti-Zionist' but in reality many of these do tacitly accept the state and participate in it. Still, a significant number are not, including many mitnagdim. I know a couple of rabbis from this strand.
Around 1.5% are communists or socialists who oppose Zionism on the basis of ethnic nationalism being antithetical to Marxist ideology. This isn't so prominent in Europe or the CIS anymore, but Israeli communists like Hadash and a few bluehairs in the West make up the numbers. We all know a few people like this. Numbers on the decline in Israel but probably on the slight increase in Seppostan.
Anywhere between 2.5 and 5% of Jews are just leftwingers who oppose Zionism, mostly but not always associated with Reform, Reconstructionist, Liberal, Humanistic etc or just secularism. Numbers much harder to ascertain but certainly not zero and probably the bulk of the opposition.
The numbers of right-of-centre to centre-right Jews who are antizionist is fairly negligible. Numbers of Jews in places like Iran who are sincerely antizionist are also negligible (even if the entire community were sincerely antizionist it'd be less than 0.01% of the total community).
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