Developereo
Elite Member
It's motivated by ethnicity, not religion. If it was religious they would follow the Talmud which says they aren't allowed to return to their land as they are being punished by God.
The Zionist movement is an ethnic nationalist movement and is modelled after a secular European ethos, you can see this also in the way the Israeli state (and IDF) was structured following its establishment, deeply secular and European.
There are two major groups in Zionism:
Jews who want to recreate Eretz Israel:
"Eretz Israel" (ארץ ישראל) is a Hebrew term meaning "Land of Israel". It refers to the historical, geographical, and cultural region considered the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. The term is deeply rooted in Jewish tradition and religious texts, particularly the Bible, where it is associated with promises and covenants made to the Jewish people.
The second group is evangelical Christians who see Israel as a necessary prerequisite to the Rapture
The Rapture, in Christian eschatology, refers to an event where believers, both living and dead, are taken up to meet Jesus Christ in the air, often described as being "caught up" to meet the Lord. This belief is often associated with the Second Coming of Christ and is a key doctrine for some Christian denominations, particularly within American evangelicalism
BOTH these groups are motivated by religion.







