Israel criticism mirrors Amos’ ‘only known, therefore punished’ doctrine but lacks its consistency

Evidence

The Zionist Revisionists, on the other hand, maintained that true national rejuvenation lay elsewhere, in the discovery of the authentic powers that allowed the ancient Hebrew nation to flourish as a dominant regional power. They did not want to reduce the legacy of ancient Israel to another (however important) phase in the long process of the rise of Western culture; instead they sought to accentuate its uniqueness as a political entity that was part of a thriving Mediterranean world. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 545 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rational or moral correction from inside cannot touch Zionism’s founding religious claim — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 563; Zionist Revisionists rejected the religious-moral view in favor of ancient Hebrew political power — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 545; Zionist secularization nationalized messianic myth rather than replacing it — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 315 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Zionist Revisionists rejected the religious-moral view in favor of ancient Hebrew political power #complicates (0.72) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 545