Anarchism in Israel

Anarchism in Israel has a history predating the State of Israel, having been observed in the early Kibbutz movement, among early Labor Zionists, as well as an organised movement in response to the establishment of a state following the 1948 Palestine war. Over time, the history of Israeli Anarchism has had a mixed and diachronically-shifting relationship with Zionism and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, with +972 Magazine publishing an article claiming anarchists were "the only group in Israel engaged in serious anti-occupation activism." Animal rights are notably popular among Israeli anarchists, even when compared to anarchist movements in other countries. Uri Gordon estimated that there were up to 300 politically active anarchists in Israel circa 2007.