Zionists? What is it really?

Question

Watching the problems between Hezbollah and Israel, I keep hearing things "you Zionists!" to Israel.
It sounds deragatory, but I'm not sure of its meaning.
Does anyone know?

Answer 1

It's a term that arabs use instead of calling them Israelites or Isreal. It's meant to be a deragatory term.

Here is a definition given in a Yahoo! Search:

Belief that successful settlement and re-population of the land of Israel required revitalization of Jewish culture and Hebrew language. The land of Israel could then become the cultural and spiritual center for Diaspora Jewry. Based primarily on ideas of Achad Haam.

Answer 2

here is the web definition.. although it got cut off you can still get the idea

Zionism is a political movement among Jews, although supported by some non-Jews and not supported by some Jews, which maintains that the Jewish people constitute a nation and are entitled to a national homeland. Formally founded in 1897, Zionism embraced a variety of opinions in its early years on where that homeland might be established. From 1917 it focused on the establishment of a Jewish national homeland or state in Palestine, the location of the ancient Kingdom of Israel

Answer 3

As Foo Foo Girl said, originally it meant the movement in which Jews wanted to resurrect Israel from the 1880s. It's like Jewish nationalism.
Today it's rather derogatory, and people mean those who support Israel's actions to "rule the world".

Answer 4

ONE WHO STICKS UP FOR iSRAEL

http://www.czoa.org/index.html

Answer 5

Well go to http://www.dictionary.com and type Zionist there and it will give you the meaning for it.

Answer 6

HOPEto make it my home one day and its G-Ds place to live forever

Answer 7

Google can answer you. I fear I am to lazy.