“There is no place for Zionism within the vegan movement,” the Instagram account “Vegans for Palestine” declared to its 14,000 followers. Vegans for Palestine did not respond to the Forward’s request for comment. Vaknin isn’t the only Israeli vegan who has been ousted by certain factions of the plant-based community. Those arguments are familiar to Ori Shavit, a vegan food blogger and Israeli food critic. Shavit recalled being told she couldn’t speak at a vegan food festival in Oslo, Norway, because she was traveling with a group organized by the Israeli Embassy.