How ‘Zionist’ became a dirty word

Zionism once signified a people’s longing for dignity and self-determination. But decades of propaganda, misunderstanding, and malice, have recast it as something sinister, turning a liberation movement into a caricature of power, conspiracy, and domination. Behind the slogans and slurs lies a deeper story — one of identity distorted, history repurposed, and a word weaponized against the very people it was meant to protect.