I was talking with this girl I work with and I was telling her I was planning on going to Israel, she asked me if I'm worried about the fighting that goes there and I said no, I told her what I think of the conflict and she said I was a Zionist. I said yes and asked what's wrong with that, and she gave me this really strange look like I said something bad or evil.
How is it evil to believe Jews deserve a home land? How is it evil to support people who have been persecuted since forever? How is it evil to support Israel and it's Democracy? How is it evil to support a Nation that values human rights and equality among genders and races? How is it evil to support a place where the Jewish culture, ethnicity, and religion can flourish?
It's not, it's a good thing. The Zionists are the good guys, anti-Zionists are the bad guys. Why do people hate us Jews so much? Why do they hate Israel so much? It is just bigoted. I hear people say things like Israel shouldn't exist and the Jews should move somewhere else, do you know how bigoted that is? What if someone said the UK shouldn't exist and English people should move somewhere else? See that is wrong. Same thing with anti-Zionists, they are just wrong.
We Jews are a people of survival, no matter how hard you will try we will never disappear.