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Yes it is based on records, but is not all true (most is)
“The differences only led to violence against the Altanela, menachem Begin was very insistent that his followers do not descend into violence/lies etc”
there was other violence as wel. But at any rate, Menachem Begin was a Zionist too. His views on zinoism were closer to Ben Gurion’s than to lehavdil, Rav Elchonon z”l’s
ditto for Ben Hecht. He too was a zionist.
IF you want to redefine zinosim to include “The Gri”z- and the Chofetz chayim and R’ elchana wasserman etc” That’s fine with me.
But by ANY definition of Zionism you use Ben Hecht was one.