There is a particular form of Zionism that thrives on college campuses, within academic circles, and among liberal movements and opinion pages, known as Liberal Zionism.
It manages to express two contradictory ideas together: a strong commitment to a state whose laws and symbols are designed to prioritize its Jewish character, and a belief in democratic principles of equality for “all.”
That has always been a comforting story for those who avoid confronting the harsh reality of the state of Israel, an apartheid state built through brutal colonial force by eradicating the native people, the Palestinians, from the land.