Zionism was (and is) the movement to establish and preserve a Jewish homeland.
It is worth noting that Zionism has existed since the 1890s when Theodor Herzl helped to put together his book Altneuland, which discusses the issue. In the early days of Zionism, a few Jews immigrated to what was then the Ottoman Empire, bought territory from the Turks and began to cultivate it along with the indigenous Palestinian Fellahin (farmers). They introduced new agricultural techniques (from Europe) and built infrastructure in the region. In the 1920s and the beginning of the British Mandate Period, Zionists began arriving more frequently and in greater numbers. The Jews were creating the infrastructure for an actual state and dreamed that it would happen.
In 1947, the dream was realized when the UN voted to partition Palestine between the Jews and the Arabs. The Arabs immediately attacked the Jews and in the middle of the war, on May 14, 1948, the State of Israel declared its independence. Today, about half of the world's Jewry lives in Israel. Most Jews living in and out of Israel are supporters of Israel and the Zionist ideology, although a small percent believe only divine intervention should bring about a Jewish state.
zionism
Zionism. However, the movement existed long before World War II and traces its roots to the 1870s and 1880s.
ZIONISM, the Jewish Nationalist Movement, led to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
Israel is also known as the State of Israel or the Land of Israel. Palestine is also referred to as the State of Palestine or the Palestinian Territories.
The Free Palestine movement began on 1972. In 1972, general exits orders were issued allowing residents of those territories to move freely between the West Bank, Gaza and Israel.
YES. Zionism is the Jewish nationalist movement leading to the creation of the State of Israel and had been growing since its formation as a coherent ideological concept in the 1890s.
Israel, in the area formerly known as Palestine until 1948.
To end violance between palestine and Israel.
The Ottoman Empire controlled Palestine and Israel in the 16th century.
No.
Palestinian Arabs fled Palestine after the establishment of Israel.
The Roman Empire referred to modern-day Israel as Palestine. Modern-day Israel was referred to as Palestine up until 1948. In 1948 the United Nations formed the country of Israel from the Palestine state.
The zionist movement was the national movement of Jewish culture that supported creating a homeland. This homeland is now called Israel and has caused a lot of controversy that continues on to today.