BattleLines with Owen Jones

BattleLines with Owen Jones

Zionism is racism. Just ask Israel’s politicians

The history of Zionism explains what just happened in Israel’s elections

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Owen Jones
Nov 02, 2026

Israel’s elections have exposed something far more significant than the political fate of Benjamin Netanyahu. They raise a fundamental question about the ideology on which the Israeli state is founded: Zionism.

If this was another country, the story of the elections would be straightforward,

After all, the opposition parties won 67 seats, compared to 53 s…

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