Editing Zionism (section)

=== Religious Zionism ===
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Initially led by [[Yitzchak Yaacov Reines]] and by [[Abraham Isaac Kook]], Religious Zionism is a variant of Zionist ideology that combines religious conservatism and secular nationalism into a theology with patriotism as its basis.{{sfn|Yadgar|2017|loc=Main Zionist Streams and Jewish Traditions}} One of the core ideas in Religious Zionism is the belief that the ingathering of exiles in the Land of Israel and the establishment of Israel is [[Atchalta De'Geulah|the beginning of the redemption]], the initial stage of the ''[[Jewish eschatology|geula]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Asscher|2021|p=}}:{{pn|date=March 2025}} "Highlighting and infusing the unsolved tension between religion and nationality rooted in Israeli Jewish identity, the father of religious Zionism Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935), and his son and most influential interpreter Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook (1891–1982), assigned primary religious significance to settling the (Greater) Land of Israel, sacralising Israel's national symbols, and, more generally, perceiving the contemporary historical period of statehood as Atchalta De'Geulah [the beginning of the redemption]"</ref> 

After the [[Six-Day War]] and the capture of the [[West Bank]], a territory referred to by the movement as [[Judea and Samaria]], the movement turned right as it integrated revanchist and irredentist forms of nationalism; this right-wing form of religious Zionism, powerful within the settlement movement, is represented today by [[Gush Emunim]] (founded by students of Abraham Kook's son [[Zvi Yehuda Kook]] in 1974), [[Jewish Home]] (HaBayit HaYehudi, formed in 2009), [[Tkuma (political party)|Tkuma]], and [[Meimad]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

[[Kahanism]], a radical branch of religious Zionism, was founded by Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]], whose party, [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]], was eventually banned from the Knesset, but has been increasingly influential on Israeli politics.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}