. . . Many Jews, and this is the Jewish Group, recognize that there is no difference. Anti-Zionism is Antisemitism, just hidden behind a made-up use of the word Zion and Zionism.
Let me be clear: Zion is Mount Zion, a specific location in Jerusalem where the first and second Temples were built. Zionism is the philosophy that Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. The longing in the Jewish soul for a return to Zion is ancient. You can see it clearly in various Psalms in the Old Testament and in a great many prayers, both Jewish and Christian.
Similarly, as a political movement, it was the reestablishment and continuation of the Jewish ancestral and indigenous homeland.
It is not a far leap to recognize, therefore, that anti-Zionism contains great hatred for the history, culture, rights, and protection of the Jewish people, and is, therefore, pure antisemitism.
At this point, you might say, "But there are anti-zionist Jews", and show us photos of them. Most of that ideology comes out of a small but very outspoken and photogenic radical ultra-orthodox Hasidic sect.
What is the difference you asked about? I hope I have made is somewhat clear that for most of us, there is no difference.
I could have written pages on this topic with historical and political references. I just don't have the time.
From Psalm 137:
1 By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
2 We hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
6 If I do not remember you,
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
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