Zionism has as its definition only one thing: the Jews should have an independent Jewish State.
Herzl explained quite well that the European concept of a nation-state was dependent on the idea that all of the people in any particular nation were of the same ethnic stock and heritage. Jews were branded by this system to be "the Other" and were regarded at best as possible equals and at worse as traitors, spies, thieves, and fifth columns. When the Dreyfus Affair turned out marches in Paris that said "Death to the Jews" on account of a kangaroo court against a particular guiltless Jew, it became clear that the Jew could not be integrated into Europe. After the Holocaust, the strongest proof that the Jew and the European Nation-State were irreconcilable, this view was strengthened.
Jews did not have such a place to return if the discrimination became intolerable. This is why the Jewish State is necessary. Since it came into existence it has accepted Jewish political refugees from over 50 nations and flown missions at its own expense to rescue Jews from at least 10 nations.
Theodore Herzl is considered the father of Zionism.
Anti-Zionism is a movement which denies the right of Israel to exist, and the right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. However, Israel has been the Jewish homeland since biblical times. Although much of Anti-Zionism is devoted particularly to the State of Israel, Anti-Zionists reject the idea of any Jewish State anywhere in the world as an unnatural, undesirable, and wrong situation.
Zionism is the call for Jews to freely live in their ancient homeland.
The phrase "Zionism in Europe" does not mean anything different than the individual words "Zionism", "in", and "Europe" mean when put in sequence. There is no distinctly European form of Zionism, even though Zionism really developed in Europe, the concept was understood relatively uniformly in almost every country where it was discussed regardless of whether the Jewish community embraced it or rejected it.
There is both religious and secular zionism. Both concern the Jewish desire to live in our ancestral land.
That depends on whether it's religious or secular Zionism. Religious Zionism is found in the Tanach (Jewish Bible). Theodor Herzl is considered the father of modern political Zionism.
Zionism originated in Austria with Theodor Herzl.
Theodore Herzl is considered the father of Zionism.
Anti-Zionism is a movement which denies the right of Israel to exist, and the right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel. However, Israel has been the Jewish homeland since biblical times. Although much of Anti-Zionism is devoted particularly to the State of Israel, Anti-Zionists reject the idea of any Jewish State anywhere in the world as an unnatural, undesirable, and wrong situation.
Zionism is one of numerous causes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Zionism is the philosophy that the Jewish people should have a nation-state just like the German people, Turkish people, Greek people, and so on. Without Zionism, there would be no State of Israel, and hence any conflicts associated with that state would not exist. However, the mere existence of the State of Israel does not cause conflict; the existence combined with its rejection by its neighbors for various reasons.
Zionism is a movement to protect the Jews. It is also a movement in the country of China.
Zionism started with the creation of Judaism over 3000 years ago.
Zionism was founded in the 1880s with the first Zionist Congresses in the 1890s.
Jews Against Zionism - book - was created in 1990.
The ISBN of Jews Against Zionism - book - is 0877226946.
Zionism is the nationalist movement of the Jewish people that espouses the re-establishment of ... Zionism does not have a uniform ideology, but has evolved in a dialogue among a plethora of ideologies: General Zionism, Religious Zionism, Labor ... I believe that a wondrous generation of Jews will spring into existence.
Zionism is the nationalist movement of the Jewish people that espouses the re-establishment of ... Zionism does not have a uniform ideology, but has evolved in a dialogue among a plethora of ideologies: General Zionism, Religious Zionism, Labor ... I believe that a wondrous generation of Jews will spring into existence.