A zionist is someone that believes that Israel has a right to exist as a jewish homeland.
A zionist may support a two-state-solution or a one-state-solution ("one jewish state").
There are two types of zionists:
- Jewish zionists: Jews that support zionism for religious or other reasons.
- Gentile zionist: The same but with non jews.
A subtype of gentile zionist is the
evangelical zionists, those base their zionism in a biblical promise and sometimes don´t care much about jews. There are catholic zionists that support Israel based in their personal
interpretation of the Bible, but the Church itself, while recognizing Israel as a state, doesn´t endorse it.
Other gentile zionists usually support it for having jewish friends, for political reasons, for their personal
understanding of history and other reasons.