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🇮🇱 Zionist Expansionism: The Fourth Commandment of the Zionist Movement 🕎 Source (Persian): JS Center – Zionism and Jewish History 🔹 The Fourth Zionist Commandment: Expansionism Over the course of just half a century (1897–1942), the Zionist movement evolved…
The far-right Zionist leader Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky even drew maps showing both banks of the Jordan within Israel. His revisionist movement later evolved into Israel’s main right-wing parties — Herut and Likud, leading ultimately to Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, and Benjamin Netanyahu.
🔹 A Legacy of Endless Expansion
From Herzl to Netanyahu, Zionism has never abandoned its fourth commandment — expansionism. Whether by war, settlement, or economic penetration, the movement continues its project of creating an ever-expanding Jewish empire disguised as a small democratic state.
Israel, unlike any other nation, is a country without borders but with ambitions without limits.
📚 Footnotes (Explanatory Notes):
1️⃣ Sephardim (Sefardim): Jews of Iberian origin who migrated to the Ottoman Empire, Greece, and North Africa. They spoke Ladino and developed a vast international trade network, influencing early Western capitalism.
2️⃣ Ashkenazim: Jews of Eastern Europe (mainly Germany, Poland, and Russia) speaking Yiddish. The Zionist movement and most modern Jewish reform movements were founded by Ashkenazi Jews.
3️⃣ Ze’ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940): Russian-born Zionist leader, founder of the Revisionist movement and ideological father of Israel’s right-wing parties (Herut, Likud). His militant legacy shaped Israeli politics for decades.
4️⃣ Herut Party: A far-right nationalist Zionist party founded by Menachem Begin in 1948. Later merged into Likud, which continues to dominate Israeli politics today.
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🔹 A Legacy of Endless Expansion
From Herzl to Netanyahu, Zionism has never abandoned its fourth commandment — expansionism. Whether by war, settlement, or economic penetration, the movement continues its project of creating an ever-expanding Jewish empire disguised as a small democratic state.
Israel, unlike any other nation, is a country without borders but with ambitions without limits.
📚 Footnotes (Explanatory Notes):
1️⃣ Sephardim (Sefardim): Jews of Iberian origin who migrated to the Ottoman Empire, Greece, and North Africa. They spoke Ladino and developed a vast international trade network, influencing early Western capitalism.
2️⃣ Ashkenazim: Jews of Eastern Europe (mainly Germany, Poland, and Russia) speaking Yiddish. The Zionist movement and most modern Jewish reform movements were founded by Ashkenazi Jews.
3️⃣ Ze’ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940): Russian-born Zionist leader, founder of the Revisionist movement and ideological father of Israel’s right-wing parties (Herut, Likud). His militant legacy shaped Israeli politics for decades.
4️⃣ Herut Party: A far-right nationalist Zionist party founded by Menachem Begin in 1948. Later merged into Likud, which continues to dominate Israeli politics today.
🧭 #Zionism #Israel #Expansionism #MiddleEast #Palestine #Likud #Jabotinsky #FromNileToEuphrates #GreaterIsrael #Occupation #History #Colonialism #JewishState #JScenter #PoliticalZionism #PeaceIsAnIllusion
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