Is “liberal Zionism as a humanistic project of Jewish self-determination based on liberal democratic values” at all consistent with Zionism as it’s currently practiced? No, not if it means “occupation/annexation of millions of stateless Palestinians.” The two concepts simply cannot coexist.
Liberal Zionists today are suffering from “cognitive dissonance.” They are struggling to believe two contradictory concepts at once. This piece takes a detailed look at Liberal Zionists struggling to reconcile the two concepts.
