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Anti-Zionism Is Racism

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The Green Party has backed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism". In a single line it brands most British Jews as racists for believing that the Jewish people, like every other people, have a right to a home of their own.

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Why we oppose it

Why anti-Zionism is racism

Zionism is the belief in Jewish self-determination in the Jewish homeland. You can criticise any Israeli government and still be a Zionist. Calling Zionism racism singles out Jews, and only Jews, as the one people whose right to a nation is illegitimate. That is not anti-racism. It is an old prejudice in new clothes. Anti-Zionism is racism.

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World map coloured by religion Countries coloured by majority religion, or by official state religion. The full lists follow the map as text. United Arab Emirates: majority Muslim; official religion IslamAfghanistan: majority Muslim; official religion IslamAlbania: majority MuslimArmenia: majority ChristianAngola: majority ChristianArgentina: majority ChristianAustria: majority ChristianAustralia: majority ChristianAzerbaijan: majority MuslimBosnia and Herzegovina: majority MuslimBangladesh: majority Muslim; official religion IslamBelgium: majority ChristianBurkina Faso: majority MuslimBulgaria: majority ChristianBurundi: majority ChristianBenin: majority ChristianBrunei: majority Muslim; official religion IslamBolivia: majority ChristianBrazil: majority ChristianBahamas: majority ChristianBhutan: majority Buddhist; official religion BuddhismBotswana: majority ChristianBelarus: majority ChristianBelize: majority ChristianCanada: majority ChristianDR Congo: majority ChristianCentral African Republic: majority ChristianCongo: majority ChristianSwitzerland: majority ChristianIvory Coast: majority ChristianChile: majority ChristianCameroon: majority ChristianChina: majority Other or no majorityColombia: majority ChristianCosta Rica: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityCuba: majority ChristianCape Verde: majority ChristianCyprus: majority ChristianCzechia: majority Other or no majorityGermany: majority ChristianDenmark: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityDjibouti: majority Muslim; official religion IslamDominica: majority ChristianDominican Republic: majority ChristianAlgeria: majority Muslim; official religion IslamEcuador: majority ChristianEstonia: majority Other or no majorityEgypt: majority Muslim; official religion IslamEritrea: majority ChristianSpain: majority ChristianEthiopia: majority ChristianFinland: majority ChristianFalkland Islands: majority ChristianFrance: majority ChristianGabon: majority ChristianUnited Kingdom: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityGeorgia: majority ChristianGhana: majority ChristianGreenland: majority ChristianGambia: majority MuslimGuinea: majority MuslimEquatorial Guinea: majority ChristianGreece: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityGuatemala: majority ChristianGuinea-Bissau: majority MuslimGuyana: majority ChristianHonduras: majority ChristianCroatia: majority ChristianHaiti: majority ChristianHungary: majority ChristianIndonesia: majority MuslimIreland: majority ChristianIsrael: majority Jewish; official religion JudaismIndia: majority HinduIraq: majority Muslim; official religion IslamIran: majority Muslim; official religion IslamIceland: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityItaly: majority ChristianJamaica: majority ChristianJordan: majority Muslim; official religion IslamJapan: majority Other or no majorityKenya: majority ChristianKyrgyzstan: majority MuslimCambodia: majority Buddhist; official religion BuddhismComoros: majority Muslim; official religion IslamNorth Korea: majority Other or no majoritySouth Korea: majority Other or no majorityKuwait: majority Muslim; official religion IslamKazakhstan: majority MuslimLaos: majority BuddhistLebanon: majority MuslimSaint Lucia: majority ChristianSri Lanka: majority BuddhistLiberia: majority ChristianLesotho: majority ChristianLithuania: majority ChristianLuxembourg: majority ChristianLatvia: majority ChristianLibya: majority Muslim; official religion IslamMorocco: majority Muslim; official religion IslamMoldova: majority ChristianMontenegro: majority ChristianMadagascar: majority ChristianNorth Macedonia: majority ChristianMali: majority MuslimMyanmar: majority BuddhistMongolia: majority BuddhistMauritania: majority Muslim; official religion IslamMalta: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityMauritius: majority HinduMaldives: majority Muslim; official religion IslamMalawi: majority ChristianMexico: majority ChristianMalaysia: majority Muslim; official religion IslamMozambique: majority ChristianNamibia: majority ChristianNew Caledonia: majority ChristianNiger: majority MuslimNigeria: majority Other or no majorityNicaragua: majority ChristianNetherlands: majority ChristianNorway: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityNepal: majority HinduNew Zealand: majority Other or no majorityOman: majority Muslim; official religion IslamPanama: majority ChristianPeru: majority ChristianPapua New Guinea: majority ChristianPhilippines: majority ChristianPakistan: majority Muslim; official religion IslamPoland: majority ChristianPuerto Rico: majority ChristianPortugal: majority ChristianParaguay: majority ChristianQatar: majority Muslim; official religion IslamRomania: majority ChristianSerbia: majority ChristianRussia: majority ChristianRwanda: majority ChristianSaudi Arabia: majority Muslim; official religion IslamSolomon Islands: majority ChristianSeychelles: majority ChristianSudan: majority Muslim; official religion IslamSweden: majority ChristianSingapore: majority BuddhistSlovenia: majority ChristianSlovakia: majority ChristianSierra Leone: majority MuslimSenegal: majority MuslimSomalia: majority Muslim; official religion IslamSuriname: majority ChristianSouth Sudan: majority ChristianSao Tome and Principe: majority ChristianEl Salvador: majority ChristianSyria: majority MuslimEswatini: majority ChristianChad: majority MuslimTogo: majority ChristianThailand: majority BuddhistTajikistan: majority MuslimTurkmenistan: majority MuslimTunisia: majority Muslim; official religion IslamTurkey: majority MuslimTrinidad and Tobago: majority ChristianTaiwan: majority Other or no majorityTanzania: majority ChristianUkraine: majority ChristianUganda: majority ChristianUnited States: majority ChristianUruguay: majority ChristianUzbekistan: majority MuslimSaint Vincent: majority ChristianVenezuela: majority ChristianVietnam: majority Other or no majorityVanuatu: majority ChristianYemen: majority Muslim; official religion IslamSouth Africa: majority ChristianZambia: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityZimbabwe: majority Christian Bahrain: majority Muslim; official religion IslamMonaco: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityVatican City: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityLiechtenstein: majority Christian; official religion ChristianityPalestinian territories: majority Muslim; official religion Islam ISRAEL
  • Christian
  • Muslim
  • Buddhist
  • Hindu
  • Jewish (Israel)
  • Other or no majority
  • Islam
  • Christianity
  • Buddhism
  • Judaism (Israel)

174 countries have a majority religion.

  • 114 Christian
  • 48 Muslim
  • 8 Buddhist
  • 3 Hindu
  • 1 Jewish

43 countries have an official state religion.

  • 27 Islamic
  • 13 Christian
  • 2 Buddhist
  • 1 Jewish

The world is full of Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu countries, and dozens of them have an official state religion. Nobody calls them racist for existing. Only the one Jewish state is told it has no right to exist.

Jews have lived continuously in the land of Israel for over 4,000 years.

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By majority religion

Christian (114)

  • Armenia
  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Austria
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Burundi
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Bahamas
  • Botswana
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Canada
  • DR Congo
  • Central African Republic
  • Congo
  • Switzerland
  • Ivory Coast
  • Chile
  • Cameroon
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Cape Verde
  • Cyprus
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Eritrea
  • Spain
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • Falkland Islands
  • France
  • Gabon
  • United Kingdom
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Greenland
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Croatia
  • Haiti
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Saint Lucia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Liberia
  • Lesotho
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Latvia
  • Monaco
  • Moldova
  • Montenegro
  • Madagascar
  • North Macedonia
  • Malta
  • Malawi
  • Mexico
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • New Caledonia
  • Nicaragua
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Puerto Rico
  • Portugal
  • Paraguay
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Solomon Islands
  • Seychelles
  • Sweden
  • Slovenia
  • Slovakia
  • Suriname
  • South Sudan
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • El Salvador
  • Eswatini
  • Togo
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tanzania
  • Ukraine
  • Uganda
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Vatican City
  • Saint Vincent
  • Venezuela
  • Vanuatu
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Muslim (48)

  • United Arab Emirates
  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bangladesh
  • Burkina Faso
  • Bahrain
  • Brunei
  • Djibouti
  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Iran
  • Jordan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Comoros
  • Kuwait
  • Kazakhstan
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Maldives
  • Malaysia
  • Niger
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palestinian territories
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Sierra Leone
  • Senegal
  • Somalia
  • Syria
  • Chad
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen

Buddhist (8)

  • Bhutan
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Sri Lanka
  • Myanmar
  • Mongolia
  • Singapore
  • Thailand

Hindu (3)

  • India
  • Mauritius
  • Nepal

Jewish (1)

  • Israel

Other or no majority (10)

  • China
  • Czechia
  • Estonia
  • Japan
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
  • Nigeria
  • New Zealand
  • Taiwan
  • Vietnam

With an official state religion

Islam (27)

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Brunei
  • Comoros
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mauritania
  • Morocco
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palestinian territories
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Yemen

Christianity (13)

  • Costa Rica
  • Denmark
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Liechtenstein
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Norway
  • Samoa
  • Tuvalu
  • United Kingdom
  • Vatican City
  • Zambia

Buddhism (2)

  • Bhutan
  • Cambodia

Judaism (1)

  • Israel

Source: Pew Research Center, Global Religious Landscape and Many Countries Favor Specific Religions (2017). Map outline: Fritz Lekschas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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