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Apr 13, 2025
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MESG Report: Nationalism
Apr 13, 2025
Middle East Study Group Report: Nationalism
Our next meeting will be in June.
Nationalism means a feeling of pride and belonging towards one’s nation. It is a feeling that unites people and drives them to fight for a common goal (AI generated.)
ZIONISM
Zionism emerged as a survival strategy for Jewish people in response to genocidal persecution in the late 1800s continuing into the 20th century. It’s foundation was an existential movement of refugees seeking safety and self-determination in their ancestral homeland. (Source: Haviv Rettig Gur) The name comes from the Hebrew word "Zion," which refers to Jerusalem.
BELIEFS
Zionism is a form of Nationalism that believes in the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland.
THE STATE OF ISRAEL
Zionism led to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and became the country's national ideology.
CONNECTION TO JEWISH CULTURE
The yearning to return to Zion is a cornerstone of Jewish communal life, and is deeply embedded in Jewish prayer, ritual, literature, and culture.
(All of the above, except as noted, is AI generated.)
ARAB NATIONALISM
Arab nationalism is a political ideology asserting that Arabs constitute a single nation. As a traditional nationalist ideology, it promotes Arab culture and civilization, celebrates Arab history, the Arabic language, and Arabic literature. It often also calls for the unification of Arab society. It bases itself on the premise that the people of the Arab world- from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea- constitute one nation bound together by a common identity: ethnicity, language, culture, history, geography, and politics. (Wikipedia)"
Presently, the whole Arab culture, history and politics is fundamentally based on Islam, which can’t be ignored when looking at Arab Nationalism. This is more complex than can be dealt with in this post.
Our next meeting will be in June.
Nationalism means a feeling of pride and belonging towards one’s nation. It is a feeling that unites people and drives them to fight for a common goal (AI generated.)
ZIONISM
Zionism emerged as a survival strategy for Jewish people in response to genocidal persecution in the late 1800s continuing into the 20th century. It’s foundation was an existential movement of refugees seeking safety and self-determination in their ancestral homeland. (Source: Haviv Rettig Gur) The name comes from the Hebrew word "Zion," which refers to Jerusalem.
BELIEFS
Zionism is a form of Nationalism that believes in the state of Israel as a Jewish homeland.
THE STATE OF ISRAEL
Zionism led to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and became the country's national ideology.
CONNECTION TO JEWISH CULTURE
The yearning to return to Zion is a cornerstone of Jewish communal life, and is deeply embedded in Jewish prayer, ritual, literature, and culture.
(All of the above, except as noted, is AI generated.)
ARAB NATIONALISM
Arab nationalism is a political ideology asserting that Arabs constitute a single nation. As a traditional nationalist ideology, it promotes Arab culture and civilization, celebrates Arab history, the Arabic language, and Arabic literature. It often also calls for the unification of Arab society. It bases itself on the premise that the people of the Arab world- from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arabian Sea- constitute one nation bound together by a common identity: ethnicity, language, culture, history, geography, and politics. (Wikipedia)"
Presently, the whole Arab culture, history and politics is fundamentally based on Islam, which can’t be ignored when looking at Arab Nationalism. This is more complex than can be dealt with in this post.