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Neo-Zionism
Right-wing nationalist and religious ideology
Neo-Zionism
Neo-Zionism (Hebrew: ניאו־ציונות) is a right-wing to far-right, ultranationalist, and religious ideology that appeared in Israel following the Six-Day War in 1967 and the capture of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Neo-Zionists consider these lands part of Israel and advocate their unlimited settlement by Israeli Jews. Many also support the prohibition of non-Jewish immigration to Israel. Some advocate the transfer of Arabs not only from these areas but also from within the Green Line. Neo-Zionist beliefs are considered settler colonialism. The term "post-Zionism" entered Israeli discourse following the publishing of a book by Uri Ram in 1993. In the same volume, Gershom Shafir contrasted post-Zionism with what he termed neo-Zionism. In a widely cited 1996 essay, sociologist Uri Ram used the term neo-Zionism to describe a political and religious ideology that developed in Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. He considers it as an "exclusionary, nationalist, even racist, and antidemocratic...
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