"Modern Hebrew" is a Zionist invention:
- It was created by Eliezer Yitzhak Perlman, a notorious Zionist and a founder of "Hebrewism", a notion that Hebrew should be the only language that Jews should use, not Aramaic or Yiddish. (As opposed to Yiddishism)
- It is mostly spoken by "Israelis"
- At the time of Hebrew revival, most Jews opposed using holy language for discussing everyday things and preferred Yiddish as a national language of Jewish people
But can a language by itself be Zionist? It is a Zionist invention, it is used by Zionists, but does speaking it make you a Zionist? Should Jews worldwide learn and use Yiddish and Aramaic as a national language instead of "Modern Hebrew"? I mean, "Modern Hebrew" is so artificial, it didn't have curse words at the beginning, so Zionists sweared at Yiddishists in Yiddish!
P.S. Apologies to many smart people here bothering you with my midnight thoughts
In my opinion it is a bastardization of multiple languages and is a disgrace to actual hebrew.
Sadly, in Palestine, you are encouraged to learn it. Many such cases of being kidnapped by IOF, with them yelling at you in hebrew and making you admit to things you did not do.
This is a good read: https://electronicintifada.net/content/learning-enemys-language/17661
I hate how Modern Hebrew gets rid of some old Hebrew consonants and swaps them for more European sounding consonants, leading to some letters being pronounced the same.