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My opinions on Zionism were formed through my Hebrew school educational experience, through my family, many of whom are Israeli, through my many travels to Israel, and through my reading and attending lectures during my college years and beyond until the present day. In my opinion, Zionism is best understood as the pre-1948 national movement of the Jewish people for self-governance in their ancestral and cultural homeland, the Land of Israel. After Israel became a state in 1948, Zionism is most often expressed as general support for the Jewish state, although a Zionist is not required to (and often doesn't) agree with every action the government of Israel takes.