people was a necessary constituent of the Zionist programme. Israel and the
USA stated that the proposals amounted to an attempt to impose an anti-Israel
agenda on the conference, and withdrew in protest; the motion to have such
wording included in the conference’s declaration was defeated.
A secondary meaning sometimes given to Zionism refers to the internal
politics of Israel, and especially to the extent to which the theological, rather
than purely ethnic and cultural aspects of Judaism, should be enforced or
encouraged by the state.
Zionism