This is the first episode in a three-part series on religious Zionism. With Naftali Bennett's rise to prime minister, it has become essential to examine the religious Zionist movement, which is driven by a settlement agenda that views expansion in the West Bank as a Zionist national mission and a fundamental step toward Jewish salvation. In this episode, "The Childhood and the Formation of the Political Thought of the Religious Zionist Movement," Dr. Muhannad Mustafa traces the roots of the religious Zionist trend to the period before the establishment of the State of Israel. He explains how its political thought developed by integrating Jewish religious teachings with the Zionist political project.
