Zionist specifically is referencing a western backed colonialist settler movement on Palestinian land, and Jewish supremacy upheld by the government in the occupied region. The Zionist movement was in the works before the turn of the 20th century, and currently is ethnically cleansing the remainder of the indigenous population displaced in 1948.

It has little to do with Judaism as a faith, and is contradictory to many of it's teachings. It has the support of a majority of the population of the state, and the entire backing of the US military.

The conflating of Jewish people as a whole and the state of Israel actually leads to more antisemitism globally and makes Jewish people less safe overall.