Columbia Encyclopaedia
The rise of the Zionist movement in the late 19th cent. was influenced by nationalist currents in Europe, as well as by the secularization of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, which led many assimilated Jewish intellectuals to seek a new basis for a Jewish national life. One such individual was Theodor Herzl , a Viennese journalist who wrote The Jewish State (1896), calling for the formation of a Jewish nation state as a solution to the Diaspora and to anti-Semitism
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisra'el, “the Land of Israel”).
Encarta Encyclodaedia
Zionism, movement to unite the Jewish people of the Diaspora (exile) and settle them in Palestine; it arose in the late 19th century and culminated in 1948 in the establishment of the state of Israel
Wikipedia
Zionism is a national liberation movement, a nationalist and political movement that supports a homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel
So, I think that we can agree that Zionism is ideological. I suspect that we can further agree that I and most other normal people in the Western world are Zionists, in as much as we believe that there should be a Jewish homeland within what once was Palestine (and before that Judea).
On the 15th of August, you said "no mention of the Zionists nuclear interests, I take it".
I would suggest that the nuclear weaponry to which you referred, is not owned by an ideology, but is, in fact, owned by the state of Israel.
On this occasion, it is my belief that you have confused an ideology with a state.
On looking through your other posts on the matter, there are other instances where you have used the word Zionist (let's just remind ourselves that this means a belief in a Jewish homeland within Palestine) in reference to actions undertaken by the whole of Israeli military, whether or not the forces or their commanders that undertook the action actually held a belief in Zionism or any expansion thereon.
Furthermore, bearing in mind the true definition of Zionism, I suspect that the quantity of "Jewish non-Zionists" within Israel is minimal, as to be so, these people would be urging Palestine to reclaim their land from Israel.
I again suggest that your sole reason for using the word Zionism, incorrectly or not, is solely to add weight to your argument and is does not stem from any heartfelt desire to separate the government/military of Israel from those who wish to maintain a Jewish homeland within what was once Palestine(Judea).
