If we're not going to use a definition of a word as defined by a dictionary, then are we going to use? What basis do you have for your definition of Zionism?

1) I'm not NK, or even close to being NK. That comparison is ridiculous. Nowhere in any of my posts have I expressed support for Iran, Hamas, anti-Semites, or Holocaust deniers.

2) There IS a distinction between Zionism and Jews; you say that I sound like enemies of the Jews when my grievance is with Zionists, not Jews. Again, it is an ill-formed opinion if one relies on what anti-semites think before having their own opinions and conclusions formed. What next? If anti-semites think HKBH exists, that means we should all just reject the His existence because that opinion is held by anti-semites? Chos v'sholom!

3) If hatred of Jews is a trait of Islam, and not some political thing in the Middle East, why don't you explain to me how I have survived living among a Muslim majority -- outside of the ME -- without a single incident, payos and all? Or why Islam prior to the 20th century didn't try to annihilate us? I'm not saying there weren't events where Jews were massacred in Islam's history, but considering the circumstances, Jews in Islamic territories fared better than we did almost everywhere else.

4) Judaism teaches that golus was imposed upon us by HKBH, and it also tells us the reason why; if you don't believe that, that's fine, nobody is forcing you to, but it doesn't change the fact that it IS what Judaism teaches.

5) You seem to be under the warped impression if a Jew is anti-Zionist, he/she needs to also oppose settling the land. Where in any of my posts have I espoused such an idea?

The majority of Jews are Zionists because the majority of Jews are secular and are mostly "culturally Jewish."

Judaism defines anyone who is born of a Jewish mother as a Jew, regardless of whether said person actually practices Judaism or not. There are lot of Jewish atheists and agnostics.

It's a political conflict, not religious, because the most religious Jews (whom everyone else calls "Ultra" Orthodox) have absolutely no problem with the Palestinians.

It's Judaism that tells us WHEN we will return, and HOW the return will happen -- you can't cherry-pick parts of the Tanach that says "We'll go back to Yisroel..." and then ignore the other half that says "... when Moshiach comes."

I disagree. It's not a religious war. Judaism (and thus, Jews) do not have any problems with Palestinians, any more than it has problems with the other nations. Zionists do.

As for the mitzvah of living in the Eretz Yisroel, I didn't state anything contrary to that. However, the simply living in Eretz Yisroel is not automatically (or necessarily) Zionism. Merriam-Webster defines Zionism as "political support for the creation and development of a Jewish homeland in Israel," and "an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel."

Based on that, I would say Judaism IS anti-Zionist, because although it's a mitzvah to live in Eretz Yisroel, it's a mitzvah to live there regardless of the government -- that doesn't automatically mean support for the government. The sanctity is in the Land itself, not the country/state/government. Yisroel was the Holy Land under the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Ottomans and will be the Holy Land even if it was under Palestinian rule. It was a mitzvah to live in Eretz Yisroel 100 years ago, 200 years ago, and so on. The government -- including the current State of Israel -- has absolutely nothing to do with the mitzvah.

Furthermore, according to Judaism, the current golus was divinely ordained, and will only end when Moshiach comes, bimheiro v'yomeinu. Regardless of whether a Jew is living in Eretz Yisroel or Chutz LaAretz, he/she is still in golus.

RaMBaN supported living in Eretz Yisroel but surely you wouldn't say that a Rabbi living 800 years ago is Zionist, considering the fact that the movement/ideology didn't even exist then!

I highly doubt anti-Semites need statements from anti-Zionist Jews to continue hating Jews.

In any case,

1) The opinions of anti-semites are worthless to anyone with a functioning brain.
2) They will hate Jews regardless of what is said or done.
3) Judaism DOES oppose Zionism, but even if Judaism supported Zionism, anti-Semites would use this against Jews.

Point being, anti-Semites are just going to find any reason they can (or can't find) to hate Jews. Thus, Jewish opinions should notbe formed based on what anti-Semites might do with it.

I'm pretty sure most of Knesset would happily call themselves "Zionists."

I use the term Zionists, because not all Zionists are Jews, and not all Jews are Zionists. That is something some anti-Zionists -- mostly the non-Jewish ones -- don't seem to understand, perhaps because they're subconsciously anti-semites.

You may be a Jew, as may be the majority of Israel, but being a Jew has absolutely no relevance to the issue at hand, namely, the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

There really isn't such a thing as East Jerusalem. Certainly not in the sense of there being two independent, separate cities. The same way that the Upper East Side is not a separate city from Manhattan, but simply part of Manhattan. The lines were drawn around ownership, ownership was not decided around the line. Basically, had the Zionist shmad successfully captured all of Jerusalem, there wouldn't be an East Jerusalem. The Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, and Ottomans certainly didn't view Yerusholoyim as two separate cities -- East and West.

That said, I don't care who gets Yerusholoyim, as long as I can still get to the Kosel [and return home] safely everyday. Zionists, Palestinians, אֵײן אִיז עֶרגעֶר װִי דִי אַנדעֶרעֶ.

Thor had less portrayal issues than Dark World.

Just a handful of the problems I had with Dark World.

1) Dark Elf laser guns. What the heck? Dark Elves used swords and sorcery/magic (which was explained by Thor as super advanced science), but certainly not a spaceship and laser guns that wouldn't feel out of place in Star Wars/Star Trek.

2) The Dark Elves "origins." No, they're not an ancient race that precedes the Asgardians. Not in the myths, not in the comics.

3) SPOILER Odin couldn't revive Frigga. This is plot induced stupidity (PIS), because that is well within the capabilities of the Odinforce. Heck, Thor died in the first movie and came back to life because of a spoken enchantment Odin put on Mjolnir.

4) The Asgardians can't fight for nuts, and get taken down easier than stormtroopers. PIS as well, because Asgardians (which are an original creation of the comics) are a lot tougher than portrayed.

If you put it that way, I don't disagree. Well, I guess I do, because I am against the existence of a State of Israel, as it stands (though it has already happened, so it's too late to do anything at this point).

But you can't deny that a large number of those who claim to be merely "anti-Zionists," are in fact, anti-semites simply using a politically correct name for their hatred of Jews.

Of course it won't. Anti-Zionist Hareidim make up 1% of the Anti-Zionists in general.

A good number of anti-Zionists are anti-semites who hate Jews whether said Jews are Zionists or not. Anti-Zionism is simply a politically correct name to mask their Jew-hatred.

That said, to me, it doesn't matter who owns Yerusholoyim as long as Jews are still allowed to pray freely at the Kosel.

I'm not so sure about that, to be honest.

The overwhelming Litvishe (non-Chassidic) opinion follows Rav Shach, that as much land as needed should be traded for peace -- a real, lasting peace, not the kind where rockets are fired again.

In other words, IF peace can be achieved through the giving of land, then it SHOULD be achieved by such. Pikuach Nefesh takes precedence over almost all other mitzvos, including living in Eretz Yisroel. I don't know of any Hareidim who would disagree with me on this, with the exception of Chabadniks.