AinOhdMilvado Thank you so much for your informative succinct posts
It is about time we re-examine the title Zionist before hurling it about as an insult.
I write as the proud Mother of a frum officer in the IDF tired of defending my son as someone “off the derech”. I do not expect all klal yisrael to offer wholesale support for the State and many ill founded political irreligious decisions, but I ache when when” zionist” is used as a term of abuse in today’s world. It is used most of all by our enemies, we should be mature enough now not to repeat it along side them. I teach in a university where students use the word ” zionist” along side words like “racist and nazi” Ignorance amongst our enemies is one thing, we can oppose idealogies amongst our own without resorting to abuse. Next time a frum Jew has the honour of davening by the kotel, remember those young men who died to reclaim it back for us and who today defend our precious holy places and people.