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The word Zionist can conjure up many emotions. Likewise the word Palestine. This question and answer will be built up over time and various links will be added to try and keep the answer as balanced as possible.
The use of the name "Palestine" in the English Language only became more common after the Renaissance according to Gudrun Krämer. The name was not used by Muslims in Ottoman times - so for almost 400 years. Most of Christian Europe referred to the area as the Holy Land. It is thought etymologically to be a form of Philistine. Indeed, the Arabic word for Palestine is Philistine.
The name Palestine was officially revived by the British after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and applied to the territory that was placed under British Mandate. Zion is a Hebrew word that means Jerusalem. The Zionist movement started in the 1800s with the aim of having a state for the Jewish people dispersed over 2000 years all over the globe in what became known as the diaspora. Jews were especially being persecuted in Eastern Europe. It seemed logical for them to have a state in their ancestral homeland of Israel. Initially, the Zionist movement encouraged Immigration to Palestine to increase the Jewish population there.
The movement gained momentum in the 1900s and for various reasons which are a completely different question, the British were mandated Palestine by the League of Nations. The name Palestine was officially revived by the British at this time.
After WW2 and the major persecution and Genocide of the Jews, Israel unilaterally declared independence in 1948.
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What did the Zionists in Palestine declare on May 14 1948?
Their independence as the new State of Israel.
What are sources of conflict between the PLO and the Zionists?
The sources of conflict between the PLO, the Palestinian Liberation Organization which has now been subsumed into the official State of Palestine government, and the Zionists, which have now been subsumed into the State of Israel and its general supporters, are no different than those between the Israelis and Palestinians as general groups. As a result, it makes more sense to read the Related Question which discusses the causes of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Why was 1939 White Paper a betrayal to Zionists?
Answer 1The understanding of the British Mandate for Palestine was that it would help to set up a home for the Jewish people. This was echoed both in the Balfour Declaration (which has no legal standing) and the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine (which does have legal standing). There were provisions to make it easier for Jews to acquire Palestinian citizenship. However, the White Papers served to severely limit Jewish immigration without any corresponding limit on Arab immigration (from neighboring regions). This would serve to frustrate the attempts for Jews to establish a Jewish State, which was the goal of the Zionists. The fact that the British government was trying to derail the formation of Jewish State when they had previously endorsed it was seen as a betrayal.Answer 2It wasn't a betrayal to Zionists but a betrayal to all Jews, since the White Paper was implemented right after Kristallnacht and left Jewish refugees of the Nazi regime no place to run. If the White Paper of 1939 had not been implemented, millions more Jews could have fled to Palestine and thereby have been saved from the extermination camps.
What did the Balfour declaration promise the Jews in Palestine?
The Balfour Declaration was very short, as follows:"His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country".This 'national home' was what the Zionists had been pursuing.
Are the Zionists Muslim?
Answer 1No. They follow a separate religion.Answer 2While there are some Muslim Zionists (such as Sheikh Hadi Palazzi of Rome, Irshad Manji, Tarek Hamid, and a few others), most Muslims are Anti-Zionists. Zionism is a political movement seeking to establish a Jewish State in the historic land of Israel. Most Jews are Zionists and many Christians are as well.
What were the Jews who wanted a home in palestine called?
Zionists.
Jewish nationalists who wanted a homeland in Palestine?
Zionists.
Who were the people who favored the Jewish national homeland in Palestine?
Zionists
Jews who believe that the return of Palestine to the Jewish people is their historic right?
Zionists
Who promoted the idea that Palestine should be set aside as a home for Jews?
The Zionists.
What did the Zionists in Palestine declare on May 14 1948?
Their independence as the new State of Israel.
What situation that arose in Palestine in the late 1800 is still a source of conflict today?
Zionists started a movement to establish a Jewish state in Palestine.
Who was disadvantaged by the Zionist movement?
The Arabs' rights in Mandatory Palestine were prejudiced by the Zionists who wanted to create a Jewish controlled state.
When was General Zionists created?
General Zionists was created in 1922.
Why did Zionists create an independent state for the Jewish people in the former colony of Palestine?
They wanted their ancestral homeland back and argued that Jews could only be safe from antisemitism if they formed their own Jewish state.
What is the duration of The Ultra Zionists?
The duration of The Ultra Zionists is 3600.0 seconds.
Why did Zionists want to create an independent state of the Jewish people in the former colony of Palestine?
They wanted their ancestral homeland back and argued that Jews could only be safe from antisemitism if they formed their own Jewish state.
