To: Aloysius Q. Finnegan who wrote (44002 ) 12/16/2008 8:27:33 PM From: SG Respond to of 219780 Actually, For the record, I didn't call you a fascist, I equated your anti-Zionism with antisemitism. From Wiki: "Zionism is partly based upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, where the concept of Jewish nationhood first evolved somewhere between 1200 BCE and the late Second Temple era (i.e. up to 70 CE).[2][3] The modern movement was mainly secular in its origins, beginning largely as a response by European Jewry to antisemitism across Europe.[4] It is a branch of the broader phenomenon of modern nationalism.[5] At first one of several Jewish political movements offering alternative responses to the position of Jews in Europe, Zionism grew rapidly, and after the Holocaust became the dominant Jewish political movement. ... The word "Zionism" itself is derived from the word Zion (Hebrew: ????, Tzi-yon?). This name originally referred to Mount Zion, a mountain near Jerusalem, and to the Fortress of Zion on it. Later, under King David, the term "Zion" became a synecdoche referring to the entire city of Jerusalem and the Land of Israel. In many Biblical verses, the Israelites were called the people, sons or daughters of Zion... Certain individuals and groups have used the term "Zionism" as a pejorative to justify attacks on Jews. According to historians Walter Laqueur, Howard Sachar and Jack Fischel among others, the label "Zionist" is in some cases also used as a euphemism for Jews in general by apologists for antisemitism.[10]" I apologize if you are not antisemitic, though inflammatory progandistic rhetoric like "Almost as repugnant are the pro-zionist lap dogs of the Israeli state" doesn't help your assertion too much. Never fear, Am Yisroel Chai. Look it up. SG