# The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir **URL:** \ **Category:** Courts and Legal Documents\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://justice.compclassnotes.com/t/the-iron-wall-zionist-revisionism-from-jabotinsky-to-shamir/911 "2026-10-06T15:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
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_ **The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir** _ is a 1984 book by the American Trotskyist [Lenni Brenner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenni_Brenner "Lenni Brenner"). It is a highly critical account of the development of [Revisionist Zionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism "Revisionist Zionism"). The name of the book is a reference to [an essay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Wall_(essay) "Iron Wall (essay)") written by [Ze’ev Jabotinsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze'ev_Jabotinsky "Ze'ev Jabotinsky") in 1923.[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Wall%3A_Zionist_Revisionism_from_Jabotinsky_to_Shamir#cite_note-1) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/uploads/justice_node/original/2X/4/404dabf966e74923c23074350be536d4fc6b544a.jpeg) # What is Revisionist Zionism? Answer: Genocidal Israel Today **Revisionist Zionism** [1] ([Hebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language "Hebrew language"): ציונות רוויזיוניסטית, [romanized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Hebrew "Romanization of Hebrew"):_Ṣiyyônût Revîzyônîstît_) is a form of [Zionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism "Zionism") characterized by territorial maximalism. Revisionist Zionism promoted [expansionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansionism "Expansionism") and the establishment of a [Jewish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish "Jewish") majority on both sides of the [Jordan River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River "Jordan River").[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZouplna20083%E2%80%9327-1) Developed by [Ze’ev Jabotinsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ze'ev_Jabotinsky "Ze'ev Jabotinsky") in the 1920s, Revisionism advocated a “revision” of the “[practical Zionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_Zionism "Practical Zionism")” of [David Ben-Gurion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion "David Ben-Gurion") and [Chaim Weizmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann "Chaim Weizmann"), which was focused on the settling of _Eretz Yisrael_ (ארץ ישראל, ‘[the] [Land of Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Israel "Land of Israel")’) by independent Jewish individuals. Differing from other [types of Zionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_Zionism "Types of Zionism"), Revisionists insisted upon the Jewish right to sovereignty over the whole of _Eretz Yisrael_, including [Mandatory Palestine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine "Mandatory Palestine") and [Transjordan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Transjordan "Emirate of Transjordan"). It was the main ideological opponent to the dominant labor–socialist [Labor Zionism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Zionism "Labor Zionism").[[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism#cite_note-FOOTNOTETzahor198815%E2%80%9325-2) Revisionist Zionism has strongly influenced modern right-wing Israeli parties, principally [Herut](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herut "Herut") and its successor, [Likud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud "Likud"). # What is Jabotinsky? After [World War I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I "World War I"), Jabotinsky was elected to the first legislative assembly in the [Yishuv](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yishuv "Yishuv"), and in 1921 he was elected to the Executive Council of the [Zionist Organization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Zionist_Organization "World Zionist Organization") (known as the World Zionist Organization after 1960). He quit the latter group in 1923, thanks mainly to differences of opinion with its chairman, [Chaim Weizmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann "Chaim Weizmann"). In 1925, Jabotinsky formed the [Hatzohar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatzohar "Hatzohar"), the Union of Revisionist Zionists, in the [World Zionist Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Zionist_Congress "World Zionist Congress") to advocate his views, which included increased cooperation with Britain on transforming the entire [Mandate for Palestine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine "Mandatory Palestine") territory, including Palestine itself and Transjordan, on opposite sides of the [Jordan River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_River "Jordan River"), into a sovereign Jewish state, loyal to the [British Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire "British Empire"). To this end, Jabotinsky advocated for mass Jewish immigration from Europe and the creation of a second [Jewish Legion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Legion "Jewish Legion") to guard a nascent Jewish state at inception. Jabotinsky wished to convince Britain that a Jewish state would be in the best interest of the British Empire, perhaps even an autonomous extension of it in the [Middle East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East "Middle East"). # Iron Wall HTML > **[Lenni Brenner: The Iron Wall - Zionist Revisionism (1984)](http://www.marxists.de/middleast/ironwall/index.htm)** > > Lenni Brenner: The Iron Wall - Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir (1984) # Iron Wall PDF [iron-wall-zionist-revisionism-from-jabotinsky-to-shamir.pdf](https://justice.compclassnotes.com/uploads/short-url/nzNQCYRguUQvAzoS98RGICULTcu.pdf) (787.4 KB) # References [1] [Revisionist Zionism - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism) [2] [The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Wall%3A_Zionist_Revisionism_from_Jabotinsky_to_Shamir) [3] Schechtman, _The Jabotinsky-Slavinsky Agreement_, **Jewish Social Studies** , October 1955, p.301. > [@The Jabotinsky-Slavinsky Agreement](https://justice.compclassnotes.com/t/the-jabotinsky-slavinsky-agreement/914): > > Schechtman TODO: bind a PDF Source: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/i402081](https://www.jstor.org/stable/i402081) ---
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