winstonsmiththe3rd:

Jews however are united by a covenant-faith (with various interpretations), part of which includes occupying a section of the Middle East.

Well, Zionism is at most 150 years old, while Talmudic Judaism is perhaps 1,500 years old. So this belief in the need for a racist homeland, which I doubt is an article of faith anyway, is a relatively new development, actually, and certainly many Jews aren't Zionists.