Jewish Author Rabbi Moshe Silberstein Says Zionist Ideology Fuels Rising Global Tensions
June 14, 2026
Rabbi Moshe Silberstein is saying what many are afraid to say out loud.
“The very existence of Zionism is a threat to everyone.”
The Jewish author and educator argues that the root of today’s violence is not Judaism. It is not Islam. It is not ordinary people trying to live their lives.
It is an ideology that, in his view, has fuelled decades of occupation, displacement, war and division.
His message is clear:
Judaism is not Zionism.
And criticism of Zionism is not antisemitism.
At a time when Gaza has been reduced to rubble, Palestinians continue to be killed and displaced, and the region is being dragged toward wider conflict, Silberstein believes the world must confront the ideology he says helped create this reality.
As more Jewish voices speak out against Zionism, they are challenging the claim that Israel speaks for all Jews and reminding the world that standing with Palestine is not a religious position.
It is a human one.
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English Script:
Rabbi Moshe Silberstein: Jews have been living in the Holy Land for years and years, much much before the state of Israel, the so-called state of Israel was created. They always lived in peace. All those years they lived in peace in harmony with all the surrounding neighbors there and all the surrounding countries around the place. We never had any problems. We lived in peace and harmony with all our neighbors. The Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Sonnenfeld wrote in 1929 when the Zionist tried stirring up tension as they always do in all the states, because they want people to go to Israel. So they’re steering up tensions in other lands. Stirred up tension at the Temple Mount. So he wrote a letter that “Jews do not want in any way to take anything that is not theirs” And we are not allowed to take any sovereignty. The words of Rabbi Sonnenfeld are true today as it was true at that time. It still binds us today as it binded us at that time. We have no nationalistic ambitions in the holy land but only hope for harmonious coexistence with all the neighbors.
