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4. Bill Maher is right. The core thing Zionists hold to is that Israel has a right to exist as a sovereign nation.

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Sat May 16, 2026, 10:50 AM

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And so I'm a Zionist.

"I am a Zionist. You don't have to be a Jew to be Zionist."
Joe Biden, Biden in 2007 interview: I am a Zionist (April 2007) Shalom TV

Moreover, Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed clearly: "The Church does not tolerate antisemitism and fighting, because of the Gospel itself." ” This statement was Pope Leo's "Nostra Aetate" -- his spiritual proclamation of the shared spiritual heritage between Christians and Jews and calls for mutual respect. Unlike Christian Nationalists or even many Christians, Jews worldwide know this about the Catholic Church.

https://catholicreview.org/pope-leo-xiv-the-worlds-conscience-a-jewish-perspective/

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