Zionism is a movement which was originally concerned with establishing a political and religious state in Palestine for Jewish people, and is now concerned with the development of Israel. support for the establishment and development of a state for the Jews in Israel. Jewish nationalism movement with the goal of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine. In the 16th-17th century, a number of "messiahs" tried to persuade the Jews to return to Palestine, but by the late 18th century interest had largely faded. Pogroms in Eastern Europe led to formation of the "Lovers of Zion," which promoted the settlement of Jewish farmers and artisans in Palestine. In the face of persistent anti-Semitism, Theodor Herzl advocated a Jewish state in Palestine. He held the first Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897. After World War I the movement picked up momentum with the issuing of the Balfour Declaration. The Jewish population in Palestine increased from 90,000 in 1914 to 238,000 in 1933. The Arab population resisted Zionism, and the British tried unsuccessfully to reconcile Jewish and Arab demands. Zionism achieved its goal with the creation of Israel in 1948. See also Alliance Israélite Universelle, David Ben-Gurion, Hagana, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Irgun Zvai Leumi
Movement originating in Eastern Europe during the 1860s and 1870s that argued that the Jews must return to a Middle Eastern Holy Land; eventually identified with the settlement of Palestine (p 973)
A Jewish movement that arose in the late 19th century in response to growing anti-Semitism and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine Modern Zionism is concerned with the support and development of the state of Israel
The national liberation movement of the Jewish people, which holds that Jews are entitled to a homeland in the Land of Israel Theodore Herzl, the "father of modern Zionism," formally organized the Zionist movement in 1897
a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine
The movement that has encouraged the creation and support of the nation of Israel The movement that has encouraged the creation and support of the nation of Israel
a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
modern political movement for reconstituting a Jewish national state in Palestine
Belief in the centrality of Israel in Jewish historical & religious experience http: //www jajz-ed org il/100/index html
Movement supporting the Jewish National State of Israel Considered by Jews as the National Liberation Movement of the Jewish people
Among the Jews, a theory, plan, or movement for colonizing their own race in Palestine, the land of Zion, or, if that is impracticable, elsewhere, either for religious or nationalizing purposes; called also Zion movement
a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine