10 Facts About Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism revolves around three pillars: the Land of Israel, the People of Israel, and the Torah of Israel.

The main ideologue of modern Religious Zionism was Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, who justified Zionism according to Jewish law, and urged young religious Jews to support efforts to settle the land, and the secular Labour Zionists to give more consideration to Judaism.

Religious Zionism Zionists believe that "Eretz Israel" was promised to the ancient Israelites by God.

Hastening salvation and the coming of the Messiah was considered religiously forbidden, and Zionism was seen as a sign of disbelief in God's power, and therefore, a rebellion against God.

Religious Zionism Jews disapproved of the Zionists because many were secular Jews or atheists, taking their cue from Marxism.

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Socialist Religious Zionism envisaged the movement as a tool for building an advanced socialist society in the land of Israel, while solving the problem of antisemitism.

Religious Zionism was concerned that nationalism would replace Judaism as the basis of Jewish identity.

Labor Movement wing of Religious Zionism, founded in 1921 under the Zionist slogan "Torah va'Avodah", was called HaPoel HaMizrachi.

The National Religious Zionism Party operated as an independent political party until the 2003 elections.

Religious Zionism Zionists are often called Kippot sruggot, or "sruggim", in reference to the knitted or crocheted kippot which are worn by the men .