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“but he saw the zionist leaders for what they were.”
not quite right. He was a revisionist Zionist a follower of Jabotinsky and Begin. He believed (strongly) there should be a Jewish State. Naturally as a follower of revisionist Zinosim he was opposed to the Labor Zionist Leaders , who while they all agreed s to the need for a Jewish political state, they had different ideas as to how the state should look. Occasioanlty the disagreements led to lies/exagerations about the other group (as in parts of Ben Hecht’s book) other times these disagreements led to violence (Altalena for example) .
But they were all Zionists
“was maskim to the Gri”z. does that make them zionists?”
did the Griz believe we should establish a State for Jews? If so then yes he was a Zionist. If not, then he wasn’t.