The Left Hates Zionism Because It Is Illiberal and Rejects Jewish Equality as a People
Source: https://www.facebook.com/americanspectator/. "Why the Left Hates Zionism: The History Behind Today’s War on Israel | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics." October 11, 2026. spectator.org
The Gist
The author gives a history of Zionism, arguing that Jews repeatedly accepted compromises and Arab leaders repeatedly refused them because they could not tolerate any Jewish sovereignty. He then claims today's Left is anti-liberal and shares that same goal, which is why it opposes Israel. He warns readers that Left candidates are hiding this.
Conclusion
The modern Left opposes Zionism and Israel because it is illiberal and, at root, unwilling to accept Jews as an equal people with sovereignty, so voters should not be fooled by Left candidates who conceal this.
Premises
- Zionism is the modern movement to restore Jewish sovereignty in the historical homeland, arising after Jews' liberal hopes of equality in Europe were shattered by events like the Dreyfus Affair.
- Zionism advanced by purchase and settlement rather than conquest, and Jewish sovereignty was repeatedly offered in compromise forms (Peel Commission, 1947 UN partition) that Arab leaders and states rejected.
- The rejection of these compromises was driven by opposition to any Jewish sovereignty at all, not by the size of the territory offered, and was followed by invasion and the expulsion of nearly a million Jews from Middle Eastern countries.
- Recent developments such as the Abraham Accords show the liberal ideal of peaceful coexistence emerging in the region, in contrast to the persistent violent rejectionism of earlier eras.
- Today's Left is illiberal in principle and sides with violent actors who seek the obliteration of Jewish sovereignty, as shown by its alignment with the Palestinian cause alongside a cluster of other 'death cult' positions (abortion, gender transition for minors, speech restrictions, etc.).
- Therefore the Left's hostility to Zionism reflects an unwillingness to accept Jews on equal terms as a people, which candidates conceal to win office.
Assumptions
- Opposition to Zionism or to Israeli policy is equivalent to opposition to Jewish sovereignty and equality as such
- The historical rejectionism of Arab leaders in the 1920s-40s explains the motives of today's Western Left
- The Left is a monolithic bloc whose positions share a single underlying motive
- Policy positions like abortion and free-market skepticism are evidence of a 'death cult' and are connected to anti-Zionism
- Candidates of the Left are deliberately concealing their true views and would act in lockstep if given a majority
- Supporting Palestinian causes means endorsing violent elimination of Jews