Disengagment = the Death of Zionism

I saw an article (guess where) recently about how the Disengagment is proof of Zionism's failure, because the vast majority of worldwide Jewry did not up and move to Israel and fill the land and build up the settlements, and therefore the settlememnts can be evacuated.

"Ideologically, we are disappointed. A pure Zionist must be disappointed because Zionism meant the Jews of the world would take their baggage and move to Israel. Most did not."

AndI do firmly believe that very many of the people who are gung ho on working for Israel and going to rallies and donating milllions of dollars, do it at least partially out of guilt becuase they know they should be in Israel but are not there. Now this is not to say that I don't think that they should be lauded for what they do, many of these people do great work, but that does not change the fact that they are fighting for a land they choose not to live in.

That said, I am still very much in America right now. And I'm not exactly sure I agree with the article's proposition that the Disengagment plan indicates the failure of the settlements which indicates the failure of Zionism, but I think there is some truth to the claim.

There is something wrong with Zionism if people the world over are willing to call themselves Zionists but not move to Israel. I'm not saying there are never any good excuses, but I doubt that every Jew in the Diaspora who calls himself a Zionist has a valid excuse not to be in Zion. And maybe that is the utter failure of Zionism.