Vote VISION in the Zionist Elections

Most of the Jewish world is unaware that there are currently elections for the World Zionist Congress underway.

Since Binyamin Z’ev Herzl first convened the first World Zionist Congress as “the parliament of the Jewish people” in 1897, it has met roughly every five years, bringing together delegates from around the globe.

Amongst the slates competing in the current election cycle is a VISION slate (slate number #2) that seeks to force the World Zionist Organization to direct its money and resources towards actually advancing the Jewish liberation struggle.

Some might ask why the Vision movement, which often characterizes Zionism as outdated, would participate in a Zionist election. The answer is that we at Vision see the official Zionist organization, along with all of its departments and exorbitant budgets, as the organization best positioned to identify and achieve the next goals of Jewish history. To say that the WZO has been lax in this regard would be an understatement. But we see no legitimate reason for it to exist other than this.

For decades, the WZO has existed as a place of horse trading. It’s been about backroom deals, cushy jobs, and discretion over billions of dollars in Zionist money. Under normal circumstances, we wouldn’t feel a need to upset the apple cart. But our current moment feels different.

The American-led global order appears to be falling apart, Jews in the United States feel more vulnerable than ever before, and we’re living through a period of tumultuous change. Such moments of historic transition come with opportunities for great leaps forward but are also fraught with great dangers.

Under these circumstances, we at Vision see the WZO as responsible for not only protecting the Jewish people and defining our national interests (although even this would be a major step in the right direction) but to also move to exploit the current crises and instability in order to advance Israel’s revolution to the next stage.

In short, we aims to transform the Zionist organization, with all of its budgets and departments, into a powerful tool for shaping our people’s future.

Practically speaking, we seek to redirect the resources of the Zionist institutions towards:
1. Initiatives that clearly define our national interests and identify the next goals of Jewish liberation.
2. Initiatives that help the Jewish people catch up psychologically to the material achievements of the Zionist movement.
3. Not only strengthening our communities in Judea and Samaria but also rebuilding the communities of Gaza unjustly destroyed in 2005 (assuming the opportunity presents itself over the next five years).
4. Diaspora campus work that goes beyond “combatting anti-Semitism” (whatever that means) and works to train Jewish students to become thought leaders in defining and achieving the next goals of Jewish liberation.

To give us your trust and your vote, go to the American Zionist Movement’s website and vote for slate #2 (VISION).