Symbolic collage for the chronology of antizionism. AI-generated illustration for TJD, 2026-09-07.
Antizionism is opposition to self-determination by יהודים YEHUDIM in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL. Empire after empire practiced that denial, making the collective life of יהודים YEHUDIM subject to foreign power. Christian and Muslim rulers could claim to inherit their sacred history and perfect יהדות YAHADUT while subordinating the people who carried it.
Antizionism as a practice precedes antizionism as a term, just as Jew-hatred existed before the term antisemitism was coined. Opposition to restoration and sovereignty appeared within older antijudaism and antisemitism; modern antizionism developed its own theories, organizations and political programs, acquiring a distinct name alongside other Jew-hatreds.
Modern statehood and the re-establishment of מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL gave it new stakes: eliminating a state through which יהודים YEHUDIM could defend and govern themselves, and recasting older Jew-hating accusations in territorial terms.
Today, for many Jew-haters, antizionism has moved to the seething core of their hostility, not a peripheral digression. It gathers the religious accusations of antijudaism and the racial and conspiratorial accusations of antisemitism around opposition to sovereignty by יהודים YEHUDIM.1
For the twentieth-century fusion of Arab Islamism and German Nazism, see the chronology of Arabic Nazism.
Roman Empire
ט״ו בניסן ג׳תתל״ג 15th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 3833Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Roman forces captured מצדה MEẒADA, the last major stronghold after the destruction of בית המקדש BEIT HAʾMIKDAŜ.
ט״ו בניסן ג׳תתל״ג 15th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 3833: Roman forces captured מצדה MEẒADA, the last major stronghold after the destruction of בית המקדש BEIT HAʾMIKDAŜ.
ט׳ באב ג׳תתצ״ה 9th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3895Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Roman forces crushed מרד בר כוכבא MERED BAR KOḪBA's attempt to restore sovereignty; the fall is traditionally commemorated on this date.
ט׳ באב ג׳תתצ״ה 9th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 3895: Roman forces crushed מרד בר כוכבא MERED BAR KOḪBA's attempt to restore sovereignty; the fall is traditionally commemorated on this date.3
The Pact of Umar made protection conditional on restrictions upon non-Muslim worship, communal buildings and arms. The legal tradition subordinated יהודים YEHUDIM and Christians; its developed form belongs to the early Abbasid period, not a securely dated decree by Umar I.4
Protection preserved a community under Muslim authority; it did not recognize that community as an equal sovereign.
Ayyubid and Mamluk authorities
Ayyubid ruler al-Afḍal established a North African Muslim endowment beside הכותל HAʾKOTEL.
ניסן ה׳כ״ח Nisan, AM 5028Precision: month · Basis: not-assessed
An Islamic court recorded the earlier endowment beside הכותל HAʾKOTEL, later invoked against worship rights of יהודים YEHUDIM.
ניסן ה׳כ״ח Nisan, AM 5028: An Islamic court recorded the earlier endowment beside הכותל HAʾKOTEL, later invoked against worship rights of יהודים YEHUDIM.5
כ״ג בתמוז ד׳תתנ״ט 23rd 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 4859Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The First Crusade captured ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM and massacred inhabitants who were יהודים YEHUDIM or Muslims.
כ״ג בתמוז ד׳תתנ״ט 23rd 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 4859: The First Crusade captured ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM and massacred inhabitants who were יהודים YEHUDIM or Muslims.6
ח׳ בחשוון ה׳תפ״א 8th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 5481Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Muslim creditors burned the synagogue in the courtyard of יהודה החסיד YEHUDA HAʾḤASID; the violence dispersed the community of אשכנזים AŜKENAZIM.
ח׳ בחשוון ה׳תפ״א 8th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 5481: Muslim creditors burned the synagogue in the courtyard of יהודה החסיד YEHUDA HAʾḤASID; the violence dispersed the community of אשכנזים AŜKENAZIM.7
Debt collection became collective destruction: the attack dismantled communal life, not merely an individual debtor's property.
Imperial and consular authorities
ט״ז בניסן ה׳תר״ז 16th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5607Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A consular report described יהודים YEHUDIM losing European protection for remaining in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL under Turkish rule.
ט״ז בניסן ה׳תר״ז 16th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5607: A consular report described יהודים YEHUDIM losing European protection for remaining in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL under Turkish rule.8
כ״ח באייר ה׳תרצ״ט 28th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5699Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The English Empire rejected statehood for יהודים YEHUDIM, capped immigration and made further immigration after five years conditional on Arab consent.
כ״ח באייר ה׳תרצ״ט 28th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5699: The English Empire rejected statehood for יהודים YEHUDIM, capped immigration and made further immigration after five years conditional on Arab consent.10
Imperial authority made refuge depend on the consent of those opposing further arrival.
י״ט באדר ה׳ת״ש 19th 𝑜𝑓 Adar, AM 5700Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
English land-transfer regulations prohibited or restricted purchases by יהודים YEHUDIM across most of ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.
י״ט באדר ה׳ת״ש 19th 𝑜𝑓 Adar, AM 5700: English land-transfer regulations prohibited or restricted purchases by יהודים YEHUDIM across most of ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.
ח׳ באייר ה׳תש״ד 8th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5704Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The English Empire restricted refuge in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL while יהודים YEHUDIM faced extermination in Europe.
ח׳ באייר ה׳תש״ד 8th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5704: The English Empire restricted refuge in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL while יהודים YEHUDIM faced extermination in Europe.
י״ז בניסן ה׳תרנ״ח 17th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5658Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
رضا RIḌĀ warned that organized migration and land purchases could transfer possession of ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL to יהודים YEHUDIM.
י״ז בניסן ה׳תרנ״ח 17th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5658: رضا RIḌĀ warned that organized migration and land purchases could transfer possession of ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL to יהודים YEHUDIM.11
כ״ח בתשרי ה׳תר״צ 28th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5690Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
رضا RIḌĀ's Thawrat Filasṭīn joined collective accusations against יהודים YEHUDIM to sacred history, conspiracy and opposition to English rule.
כ״ח בתשרי ה׳תר״צ 28th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5690: رضا RIḌĀ's Thawrat Filasṭīn joined collective accusations against יהודים YEHUDIM to sacred history, conspiracy and opposition to English rule.13
כ״ח בחשוון ה׳תרצ״ה 28th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 5695Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
al-Difaʿ published a fatwa declaring Muslims who sold land to יהודים YEHUDIM for enrichment, rather than to escape starvation, unbelievers.
כ״ח בחשוון ה׳תרצ״ה 28th 𝑜𝑓 Ḥeŝvan, AM 5695: al-Difaʿ published a fatwa declaring Muslims who sold land to יהודים YEHUDIM for enrichment, rather than to escape starvation, unbelievers.16
כ״א בשבט ה׳תרצ״ה 21st 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat, AM 5695Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Muslim scholars prescribed religious and social exclusion for knowing participants in land sales to יהודים YEHUDIM.
כ״א בשבט ה׳תרצ״ה 21st 𝑜𝑓 Ŝʾvat, AM 5695: Muslim scholars prescribed religious and social exclusion for knowing participants in land sales to יהודים YEHUDIM.17
Religious authority made coexistence costly for Muslims willing to sell: they risked exclusion in life and death.
ט״ז באדר א׳ ה׳תרצ״ה 16th 𝑜𝑓 Adar I, AM 5695Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
An al-Aqsa association's pamphlet urged pilgrims to oppose land sales and alleged plans by יהודים YEHUDIM to seize הר הבית HAR HAʾBAYIT.
ט״ז באדר א׳ ה׳תרצ״ה 16th 𝑜𝑓 Adar I, AM 5695: An al-Aqsa association's pamphlet urged pilgrims to oppose land sales and alleged plans by יהודים YEHUDIM to seize הר הבית HAR HAʾBAYIT.
כ״ז בניסן ה׳תרצ״ו 27th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5696Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A general strike and armed revolt sought to halt immigration, land acquisition and sovereignty by יהודים YEHUDIM.
כ״ז בניסן ה׳תרצ״ו 27th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5696: A general strike and armed revolt sought to halt immigration, land acquisition and sovereignty by יהודים YEHUDIM.
כ״ח באב ה׳תרצ״ח 28th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 5698Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The Gestapo ordered coordinated enforcement of the Staatszionistische Organisation's dissolution through occupation of premises, confiscation, searches and interrogations.
כ״ח באב ה׳תרצ״ח 28th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 5698: The Gestapo ordered coordinated enforcement of the Staatszionistische Organisation's dissolution through occupation of premises, confiscation, searches and interrogations.20
ח׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ב 8th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 5702Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
محمد أمين الحسيني MOHAMED AMIN AL-ḤUSAYNI sought Hitler's support against the national home of יהודים YEHUDIM; Hitler promised their destruction upon a future German advance.
ח׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ב 8th 𝑜𝑓 Kislev, AM 5702: محمد أمين الحسيني MOHAMED AMIN AL-ḤUSAYNI sought Hitler's support against the national home of יהודים YEHUDIM; Hitler promised their destruction upon a future German advance.21
א׳ באייר ה׳תש״ג 1st 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5703Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
محمد أمين الحسيني MOHAMED AMIN AL-ḤUSAYNI urged Bulgaria to block the rescue of children who were יהודים YEHUDIM to ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.
א׳ באייר ה׳תש״ג 1st 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5703: محمد أمين الحسيني MOHAMED AMIN AL-ḤUSAYNI urged Bulgaria to block the rescue of children who were יהודים YEHUDIM to ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.
י״ב בתמוז ה׳תרס״ג 12th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5663Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The Russian Empire ordered police to suppress public Zionist organization, propaganda, travel, fundraising, education and influence over communal leadership.
י״ב בתמוז ה׳תרס״ג 12th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5663: The Russian Empire ordered police to suppress public Zionist organization, propaganda, travel, fundraising, education and influence over communal leadership.23
ג׳ בתשרי ה׳תש״ל 3rd 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5730Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The Republic of Iraq criminalized acclaiming or promoting Zionist principles, institutional affiliation, assistance and work toward Zionist aims.
ג׳ בתשרי ה׳תש״ל 3rd 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5730: The Republic of Iraq criminalized acclaiming or promoting Zionist principles, institutional affiliation, assistance and work toward Zionist aims.24
כ״ד באייר ה׳תש״פ 24th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5780Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a sixteen-article statute combining criminal penalties with diplomatic, cultural, technological and intelligence duties directed against ציונות ẒIYONUT and מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL.
כ״ד באייר ה׳תש״פ 24th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5780: The Islamic Republic of Iran adopted a sixteen-article statute combining criminal penalties with diplomatic, cultural, technological and intelligence duties directed against ציונות ẒIYONUT and מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL.25
כ׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״ה 20th 𝑜𝑓 Sivan, AM 5785Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Mehr published enforcement categories for criminalizing ציונות ẒIYONUT that included favorable online content and failure to report specified conduct.
כ׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״ה 20th 𝑜𝑓 Sivan, AM 5785: Mehr published enforcement categories for criminalizing ציונות ẒIYONUT that included favorable online content and failure to report specified conduct.26
י״ט באייר ה׳תש״ח 19th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Jordanian forces emptied הרובע היהודי HAʾROVA HAʾYEHUDI of its community, removing civilians and taking men of military age prisoner.
י״ט באייר ה׳תש״ח 19th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708: Jordanian forces emptied הרובע היהודי HAʾROVA HAʾYEHUDI of its community, removing civilians and taking men of military age prisoner.28
י״ג באדר א׳ ה׳תשי״ד 13th 𝑜𝑓 Adar I, AM 5714Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The Kingdom of Jordan's nationality law explicitly excluded יהודים YEHUDIM from the automatic nationality category for qualifying former Palestinian nationals.
י״ג באדר א׳ ה׳תשי״ד 13th 𝑜𝑓 Adar I, AM 5714: The Kingdom of Jordan's nationality law explicitly excluded יהודים YEHUDIM from the automatic nationality category for qualifying former Palestinian nationals.
כ״ח באייר ה׳תשכ״ז 28th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5727Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL liberated העיר העתיקה HAʾIR HAʾATIKA, ending nineteen years of Jordanian exclusion of יהודים YEHUDIM.
כ״ח באייר ה׳תשכ״ז 28th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5727: מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL liberated העיר העתיקה HAʾIR HAʾATIKA, ending nineteen years of Jordanian exclusion of יהודים YEHUDIM.29
סיון ה׳תשכ״ד Sivan, AM 5724Precision: month · Basis: not-assessed
The founding PLO Charter offered conditional individual civil status to some יהודים YEHUDIM, but the PLO built no family-level system for granting or transmitting that status.
סיון ה׳תשכ״ד Sivan, AM 5724: The founding PLO Charter offered conditional individual civil status to some יהודים YEHUDIM, but the PLO built no family-level system for granting or transmitting that status.30
כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשכ״ח 21st 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5728Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The PLO prescribed armed struggle and denied both the nationhood of יהודים YEHUDIM and the legitimacy of מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL.
כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשכ״ח 21st 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5728: The PLO prescribed armed struggle and denied both the nationhood of יהודים YEHUDIM and the legitimacy of מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL.31
ה׳ באלול ה׳תשמ״ח 5th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 5748Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
حماس ḤAMĀS made permanent Muslim ownership, jihad and an apocalyptic tradition of killing יהודים YEHUDIM part of its covenant.
ה׳ באלול ה׳תשמ״ח 5th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 5748: حماس ḤAMĀS made permanent Muslim ownership, jihad and an apocalyptic tradition of killing יהודים YEHUDIM part of its covenant.32
Its promise of coexistence placed other religions under Islam, without independent sovereignty by יהודים YEHUDIM.33
ה׳ באייר ה׳תשע״ז 5th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5777Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
حماس ḤAMĀS accepted a state along prewar 1967 lines as a common platform, while rejecting recognition of מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL or relinquishment of its claim to all ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.
ה׳ באייר ה׳תשע״ז 5th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5777: حماس ḤAMĀS accepted a state along prewar 1967 lines as a common platform, while rejecting recognition of מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL or relinquishment of its claim to all ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.34
Muslim jurists claiming authority over sacred sites
ט״ז באב ה׳תשכ״ז 16th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 5727Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Muslim jurists in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM submitted a ruling asserting exclusive Muslim ownership of sacred sites while allowing only limited worship rights to יהודים YEHUDIM.
ט״ז באב ה׳תשכ״ז 16th 𝑜𝑓 Av, AM 5727: Muslim jurists in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM submitted a ruling asserting exclusive Muslim ownership of sacred sites while allowing only limited worship rights to יהודים YEHUDIM.36
י״ז באייר ה׳תשס״ד 17th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5764Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
A source compilation dates statements by Egypt's former mufti, the mufti of ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM and other jurists denying ownership claims by יהודים YEHUDIM at הכותל HAʾKOTEL.
י״ז באייר ה׳תשס״ד 17th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5764: A source compilation dates statements by Egypt's former mufti, the mufti of ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM and other jurists denying ownership claims by יהודים YEHUDIM at הכותל HAʾKOTEL.37
ה׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ד 5th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 5764Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The mufti of ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM extended the claimed sanctity of al-Aqsa Mosque to surrounding buildings and prohibited their conversion into a synagogue.
ה׳ באלול ה׳תשס״ד 5th 𝑜𝑓 Elul, AM 5764: The mufti of ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM extended the claimed sanctity of al-Aqsa Mosque to surrounding buildings and prohibited their conversion into a synagogue.38
The General Assembly revoked the determination in 1991.40
Organisation of the Islamic Conference
ט״ו באייר ה׳תשל״ט 15th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5739Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
Foreign ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference rejected sovereignty by יהודים YEHUDIM in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM.
ט״ו באייר ה׳תשל״ט 15th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5739: Foreign ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference rejected sovereignty by יהודים YEHUDIM in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM.41
י״ט בניסן ה׳תש״פ 19th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5780Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed
The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) published a prediction of killing and replacing יהודים YEHUDIM in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL, followed by apocalyptic extermination.
י״ט בניסן ה׳תש״פ 19th 𝑜𝑓 Nisan, AM 5780: The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) published a prediction of killing and replacing יהודים YEHUDIM in ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL, followed by apocalyptic extermination.42
Mishnah Ta‘anit 4:6,; Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 4.6,; Jacobson, Insights on the Bar Kokhba Revolt,↩
Levy-Rubin, Non-Muslims in the Early Islamic Empire,↩
Eroğlu Memiş, Between Ottomanization and Local Networks, 83–85; International Commission for the Wailing Wall, Minutes of the Session at Jerusalem, 321–322 ↩
Israeli Institute of Archaeology, The Crusader Period,↩