VISION movement

{{primary source|date=May 2025}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox political party | name = VISION | logo = Logo of the VISION movement.png | logo_size = 200px | leader = Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen | ideology = Hebrew Universalism Sternism One-state solution Settler interests Palestinian interests Anti-Western influence | website = https://visionmovement.org | country = Israel }}

The '''VISION movement''' is a Hebrew Universalist movement and branch of Rav Oury Cherki's [https://noahideworldcenter.org Noahide World Center].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - VISION |url=https://visionmovement.org/#1598341031084-b7e9d563-721d |access-date=2025-04-22 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hakohen |first=Rav Yehuda |date=2024-02-01 |title=Yitro: Israel's Universal Mission |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/parsha/the-hebrew-identity/yitro-israels-universal-mission-2-2/2024/02/01/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haber |first=Maya |title=A 'New Zionist Vision' or deception? |url=https://www.progressiveisrael.org/a-deception-or-a-new-zionist-vision/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Partners For Progressive Israel |language=en-US}}</ref> The movement supports the Jewish resettlement of Gaza,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Podcast |first=The Next Stage |date=2023-10-12 |title=Take Back Gaza! (with Shai Hershel) {{!}} VISION {{!}} The Next Stage Podcast |url=https://visionmag.org/take-back-gaza/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref> a one-state solution, working with Palestinians to simultaneously pursue both Jewish and Arab liberation, the Palestinian right of return,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Vision |date=2018-12-12 |title=Elkin Links Israeli Sovereignty to Responsibility for Palestinian Needs |url=https://visionmag.org/elkin-sovereignty-responsibility-palestinian/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodsky |first=Adam |date=2023-03-02 |title=A Stark Choice {{!}} VISION Magazine {{!}} Adam Brodsky {{!}} |url=https://visionmag.org/a-stark-choice-responsibility-or-right-to-land/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref> and opposes American influence in Israeli politics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-24 |title=The Bizarre Rise of the Manhattan Prep School Gangster Turned Enigmatic West Bank Rabbi |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-bizarre-rise-of-the-manhattan-prep-school-gangster-turned-enigmatic-west-bank-rabbi/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-02 |title=For This Israeli Settler, Zionism Isn't Nearly Radical Enough |url=https://forward.com/community/370604/for-this-israeli-settler-zionism-isnt-nearly-radical-enough/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel at War #3: Israel and its Relations to the United States {{!}} Rabbi Yehuda Hakohen |url=https://machonmeir.net/shiurim/yehuda-hakohen-the-war-3/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Machon Meir English Department |language=en-US}}</ref>

The movement runs several programs which seek to educate Jewish diaspora youth on the intricacies of the Arab-Israeli conflict by exposing them to a diverse array of individuals, both Jewish and Palestinian, who've personally taken part in hostilities or have been impacted by them.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-30 |title=ATID Student Leadership Program - VISION |url=https://visionmovement.org/atid-israel/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Ideological influences == {{Main article|Oury Amos Cherki|Hebrew Universalism}}

=== Hebrew Universalism === Hebrew Universalism is a Jewish cultural, religious, and political philosophy which synthesizes aspects of Zionism, Haredi non-Zionism, and humanism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dosetareh |first=Eliott |date=4 August 2020 |title=Hebrew Universalism: The Future Vision of Rav Kook |url=https://www.yu.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Thesis-%20Hebrew%20Universalism-%20The%20Future%20Vision%20of%20Rav%20Kook.pdf |journal=Straus Scholars Program Thesis: Yeshiva University |issue=1 |pages=4–6}}</ref> Members believe Zionism failed to fully fulfill Jewish liberation and recognize the early Zionists utilized European-style settler-colonial tactics to establish the State of Israel, leading to the Nakba.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swindell |first=Daniel |title=The Blogs: Zionism Is Not Colonialism |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/zionism-is-not-colonialism/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=blogs.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> {{Politics of Israel}}

=== Decolonization === A primary goal of the movement is to push towards the decolonization of the Jewish people and the entirety of the Middle East.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muskat |first=Sam |date=2020-01-23 |title=Vision Movement to Revolutionize the World Zionist Congress |url=https://visionmag.org/vision-movement-running-world-zionist-congress/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref>

In its 2020 World Zionist Congress platform, the group stated: <blockquote>The Jewish people constitutes a proud ancient civilization with a unique culture, worldview, traditions and homeland. But as a result of our displacement and many centuries of oppression, several aspects of our identity have been stolen from us or diluted to the point of becoming barely recognizable. Every people that experiences liberation must subsequently engage in a postcolonial conversation. VISION promotes conversations aimed at decolonizing Jewish identity as a necessary component of rebuilding Hebrew civilization in the modern age.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VISION Movement Slate |url=https://azm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020-VISION-Movement-Platform-and-Slate.pdf |website=American Zionist Movement}}</ref></blockquote>Canaanism, specifically the Canaanism espoused by the Semitic Action group, has heavily influenced the movement as well. Rav HaKohen reformed Semitic Action in 2011 and the group regularly contributes to [https://visionmag.org/ VISION's online magazine].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-19 |title=Semitic Action, Author at VISION |url=https://visionmag.org/author/semiticaction/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Lehi thought === Lehi paramilitary members, such as Avraham Stern, Nathan Yellin-Mor, Yitzhak Shamir, and Israel Eldad have influenced the movement greatly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Podcast |first=The Next Stage |date=2021-02-11 |title=Natan Yellin-Mor's Revolutionary Legacy with the Visionaries |url=https://visionmag.org/natan-yellin-mor-revolutionary-legacy/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Grady |first=Danit |date=2021-02-09 |title=A Sternist Analysis of the Palestinian National Movement |url=https://visionmag.org/natan-yellin-mor-sternist-analysis-palestinians/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Podcast |first=The Next Stage |date=2019-11-28 |title=Stern & His Gang (With Z'ev Golan) {{!}} VISION Magazine |url=https://visionmag.org/zev-golan-stern-gang/ |access-date=2024-12-06 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Lehi separated from the Zionist movement in 1944 and created a uniquely Hebrew form of National Bolshevism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Abadi |first=Jacob |date=1996-11-01 |title=Joseph Heller. The Stern Gang: Ideology, Politics and Terror, 1940-1949. London: Frank Cass, 1995. |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/jcs/article/view/11821/12648 |journal=Journal of Conflict Studies |language=en |issn=1715-5673}}</ref>

== Members and supporters ==

* Rav Oury Amos Cherki - Leader of the Noahide World Center and senior speaker at Machon Meir. * Rav Yehuda HaKohen - Leader in the movement. * Rudy Rochman - Israeli civil rights activist and social media influencer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Podcast |first=The Next Stage |date=2020-04-02 |title=A New Vision for Hebrew Liberation with Rudy Rochman |url=https://visionmag.org/new-vision-hebrew-liberation-rudy-rochman/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=VISION |language=en-US}}</ref> * Antwan Saca - Palestinian peace activist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Antwan Saca |url=https://www.seedsofpeace.org/team/antwan-saca/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=Seeds of Peace |language=en-US}}</ref>

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