Anti-Zionism - a global phenomenon

The success of Zionism in creating a national home, embodied in a small but powerful state, did not normalise the position of the Jewish people. There are three major reasons: 1. Israel is a country permanently surrounded by enemies: 2. Israel failed to bcome "normal" because it was denied legitimacy by much of the world: 3. Its special relationship to the Jewish people particularly as mediated through the Jewish religion