What is Zionism? What does Zionism mean? | A-Z of ISMs Episode 26 - BBC Ideas

What is Zionism? We hear the term a lot, but what does Zionism mean? Here's a three-minute history from SOAS professor, historian and author, Colin Shindler.

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[konaraweb]

How the BBC saved the creators of this problem "UK and USA", by dragging the name Lennin and Russia to this. Wow ! Just wow!!

[eastsidefilmer]

“Don’t force Gods hand” that comment saids it all.

[kriswoodward]

Nothing like the unbiased bbc to try and paint over reality with insults!!

[andrewbaldwin]

For a BBC doc, even a very short one, it is a little weird that the Balfour Declaration got no mention.

[usersympa]

please continue this a-z of isms series :((

[Seen]

It would be lovely if we could just have ppl of all faiths living side by side 🙏

[eng.abdullah]

1) History does not justifying occupation. 2) It not religious war as Israeli pushing to be. 3) People there in Palestine were living and become convert to many religious over the years, but it's the same people all a long. 4) Kicking original people and clime the land in the name of religious never happened, because the land owned by people not religion. 5) Zionism is political and economical movement which not related to religious, only they linked is with Jewish religious to give it some form of … acceptance ?!, anyway, Israeli folded the internet with misleading information.

[Evolve]

What a misinformed video!
The land of Canaan, which is modern day Palestine, occupied by Israel, was home to many tribes some 2000 years ago, among them the Philistines and Israelites. The later left over 2000 years ago.
Now, if they want to return because they lived there before Christ, then America should hand back all the land back to the Indian natives, by the same logic!

[soulix]

the Golan is way smaller than that XDDD

[Ottmar]

Why wasn't the crucial support from England in establishing Israel?

[alomaraa]

هناك الكثير الكثير من الأمور الأساسية التي تم أغفالها

[saidnaitsalh]

Hertzel was an athiest. Please double check info before posting it!

[ImperialScribe]

I can see no way in which these comments are going to become a dumpster fire. Good video.

[Borzasnyul]

Manipulative half truths, distortions of facts.

[lumri]

So, it is not even an original idea of the Jews, but of Europe.

[jz]

what's with the Flag being hung backwards?!?!

[musa]

The territory now known as Palestine formed part of the Ottoman empire until it was occupied, in 1917-19, by British forces under the command of General Allenby. A military administration, under the title of Occupied Enemy Territory Administration, was established with headquarters in Jerusalem at the end of 1917

[myrtillesm]

Who will deserve Nobel peace prize this time for speaking the truth and justice?

[catevans]

Honestly this video did not help me understand Zionism. I’m sorry 😅

[babyyodachelsea]

For a three minute video this does pretty good