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The New Term: Zionaphobia

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03.03.2026

Zionaphobia is a term that people should get used to using.  It deserves to be amplified far and wide.

According to Wikitionary “Zionaphobia means hostility toward Zionism or toward people who identify as Zionists, often extending into prejudice against Jews when Zionism is treated as an inherent Jewish trait.”

Judea Pearl, a computer scientist (but also father of WSJ  Journalist who was murderd by Al-Qaeda in 2002) has been trying to spread the word about this phrase, and it is indeed worth spreading.  He argues that instead of trying to defend against the claim of being a Zionist, people ought to turn around and accuse that accuser of being a Zionaphobe. He argues that Jews and supporters of Israel have made a strategic error by constantly defending, denying or softening their identification with Zionism. His contention is: instead of treating “Zionist” as a charge that must be refuted, it........

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