Anarchism in Israel

Anarchism has also had a mixed 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.

[2] Anarchism, Marxism and Zionism were popular among many secular European Jewish communities in the early 20th century in response to the heavy antisemitism present in Europe.

According to Uri Gordon, the initial founders of the Kibbutzim aimed to "create a free socialist society of Jews and Arabs in Palestine."

The party's spiritual leader Aharon David Gordon was influenced by Hasidic mysticism, Friedrich Nietzsche and Tolstoy.

[8] Abba Gordin immigrated to Israel from the United States in 1958 and established the anarchist group ASHUACH (Agudat Shocharei Chofesh, Freedom-Seekers Association) that had around 150 members.

[2] Gordin was in contact with Jewish anarchist groups in New York City (Freie Arbeiter Shtime) and Buenos Aires.

[2] Following the 1967 Six Day War, anarchists were cooperative with the Socialist Organization of Israel who published the anti-Zionist Matzpen, as well as working with the Israeli Black Panthers.

Inspired by the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, anarchists began organising Food Not Bombs and Reclaim the Streets parties, as well as establishing the Salon Mazal infoshop in Tel Aviv and the Israeli Indymedia.

[9] In 2003, One Struggle activists working with Palestinians in dismantlaing a barrier in Mas’ha in the West Bank chose the name Anarchists Against the Wall (AAtW) in a media statement.

[11] In 2019, Israeli anarchist Jonathan Pollak was physically assaulted by two men who waited outside of his workplace and slashed him across the face with a knife.