Revisionist Zionism
Right-leaning faction of the Zionist movement
Revisionist Zionism
Revisionist Zionism (Hebrew: ציונות רוויזיוניסטית, romanized: Ṣiyyônût Revîzyônîstît) is a form of Zionism characterized by territorial maximalism. Revisionist Zionism promoted expansionism and the establishment of a Jewish majority on both sides of the Jordan River. Developed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky in the 1920s, Revisionism advocated a "revision" of the "practical Zionism" of David Ben-Gurion and Chaim Weizmann, which was focused on the settling of Eretz Yisrael (ארץ ישראל, '[the] Land of Israel') by independent Jewish individuals. Differing from other types of Zionism, Revisionists insisted upon the Jewish right to sovereignty over the whole of Eretz Yisrael, including Mandatory Palestine and Transjordan. It was the main ideological opponent to the dominant labor–socialist Labor Zionism. Revisionist Zionism has strongly influenced modern right-wing Israeli parties, principally Herut and its successor, Likud. To advance this agenda, Jabotinsky formally established the Union of Revisionist...
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