Isaacs was 81 when his term ended in 1936 , but his public life was far from over . He remained active in various causes for another decade and wrote frequently on matters of constitutional law . In the 1940s he became embroiled in controversy with the Jewish community both in Australia and internationally through his outspoken opposition to Zionism . His principal critic was Julius Stone . Isaacs was supported by Rabbi Jacob Danglow ( 1880 – 1962 ) and Harold Boas . Isaacs insisted that Judaism was a religious identity and not a national or ethnic one . He opposed the notion of a Jewish homeland in Palestine . Isaacs said " p olitical Zionism to which I am irrevocably opposed for the reasons which will be found clearly stated , must be sharply distinguished from religious and cultural Zionism to which I am strongly attached . " Isaacs opposed Zionism partly because he disliked nationalism of all kinds and saw Zionism as a form of Jewish national chauvinism — and partly because he saw the Zionist agitation in Palestine as disloyalty to the British Empire , to which he was devoted . Following the King David Hotel bombing in 1946 , he wrote that " the honour of Jews throughout the world demands the renunciation of political Zionism " . Isaacs ' main objections to Political Zionism were : Isaacs said " the Zionist movement as a whole ... now places its own unwarranted interpretation on the Balfour Declaration , and makes demands that are arousing the antagonism of the Moslem world of nearly 400 millions , thereby menacing the safety of our Empire , endangering world peace and imperiling some of the most sacred associations of the Jewish , Christian , and Moslem faiths . Besides their inherent injustice to others these demands would , I believe , seriously and detrimentally affect the general position of Jews throughout the world "
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Isaac Isaacs