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However, most Palestinians are Palestinians because they are from the area known as Palestine.

Zionism, however, is a concept, like communism. Not all Jews are Zionists for the same reason that not all Jews are communists. Thus, I see nothing wrong with being anti-Zionism for the same reason that one may be anti-Communism. Of course, being against Zionist or Communist theories dose not mean that one is against the people who believe in these theories. Certainly, one cannot be anti-Palestinian or anti-Israeli because that means being against people regardless if they are communists or Zionists.

Of course, the problem with being anti-Zionism is that there are good Zionists and bad Zionists. Some Zionists want to share Israel with the native Palestinians under conditions of citizenship and equality for everyone while other Zionists want to racially cleanse the native Palestinians from the so-called holy land. So, it is probably the most correct to be against some forms of Zionism while supporting other forms of it.

This means, I guess, that you are right and Jews who are against all forms of Zionism, including the good forms of it, could be considered to be radicals, like radical Zionists. Yet, one must ask, are these Jews against all forms of Zionism or only the aspect of it which harms Palestinians? The idea of waiting for the Messiah to return to Israel could be considered as being Zionism without harming the native people of the land.