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Yaakov Yosef A and ZSK:
That is also Zionism, especially as per their current leader’s teacher’s teacher. Jabotinsky wrote that the new Hebrew Zionist, the replacement of the Jew, will be the exact opposite of the Jew (he misappropriated the term “ipcha mistabra”). When you look at a real Jew and see his characteristics, the new Hebrew Zionist replacement of the Jew will be the opposite.
This is pretty stunning, if you think about that. Both the Christians and Muslims each gained tremendously from their exposure to Torah and their respective corruptions of the Torah in service of their respective invented religions. But the Zionists are a very different breed than even the Christians and Muslims, according to this Zionist. Take a look at a real Jew and imagine his opposite – not “just” becoming nationalist idolaters and Esav and the like.
But, no, Zionism is very much alive there. Zionism holds, at a minimum, that Jews are a nation-state-based nation like all other nations and that the Zionist paradise is the nation-state of the Jewish people. All of that is false, heretical and (of course) abominable, but very much alive today, unfortunately.
And since you mentioned “Religious Zionists”: again, the facts are that “Religious Zionism” is heresy and idolatry. The Chazon Ish held that the wine of a Mizrachi is yayin nesech. Anyone (not just “Religious Zionists”) who believe in even the slightest deviation from the Torah is a heretic. If you claim there are some “Religious Zionists” who fully believe in the Torah and not at all in Nationalism and other heresies – like anyone else – but happen to be pro-settler or whatever, then that’s a different matter and that means that they (and only they) are not “Religious Zionists” in that sense of the word. I’m not looking to judge anyone CH”V; but we do need to be clear on the facts and ideologies.