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Zionism is and was controversial for three different reasons:
Nationalism: The concept of Nationalism today and in the late 1800s was still very controversial. It holds that each people has the right to govern its own future and stands in stark contrast of the idea of a global community or cosmopolitanism.
Diasporic Nationalism: Zionism is a unique case in nationalism, since in most cases, nationalism occurs where the ethnicity desiring a homeland is already the majority population of that region. The Jews were not a majority in any region of the world (with the possible exception of Thessaloniki, Greece). As a result, the formation of a Jewish Nation would require a vast Immigration to a certain area of the world, upsetting a local majority and denying their right to self-determination. This is eventually what happened to the Palestinians. Albeit, the Palestinians were not innocent in this, but it was a natural outgrowth of Diasporic Nationalism.
"Religious" Nationalism: Many people confuse the term "Jewish" in "Jewish State" with the religion of Judaism. Jews are an ethno-religious group. The term "Jewish" in "Jewish State" refers exclusively to the ethnic character of Jews. Herzl, Jabotinsky, Ahad Ha'am, and Weizmann were all Atheists or Agnostic Zionists. However, many incorrectly see the "Jewish" in "Jewish State" as referring to the religious aspect of Judaism and are bothered by the creation of a state that is inherently religious. (However, they seem not to have this reaction to "Islamic States", "Hindu States", and "Buddhist States" which are clearly religious terms.)
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Zionism is the movement to create a state?
Zionism is the call for Jews to freely live in their ancient homeland.
What was the movement to unite Jews and settle them in their own homeland?
Zionism.
What is the political and religious movement that has encouraged the creation and support of the nation of Israel?
The term you are looking for is Zionism, but Zionism is not a religious movement and religious Jews did not start support Zionism (many today do not give the ideology approval even if they approve of Israel) until the mid-1930s and 1940s (whereas the movement began in the 1880s).
What changes did Zionism make to Israel?
The question as posed is nonsensical. Zionism is the movement responsible for the entire creation of Israel. The changes "due to Zionism" are completely inseparable from the changes that occurred naturally as Israel developed as a State.
Is Zionism the Jewish nationalist movement had been growing since the late 1800s?
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.
What is a sentence with Zionism?
Zionism is a movement to protect the Jews. It is also a movement in the country of China.
Where did the Zionism movement originate?
Zionism originated in Austria with Theodor Herzl.
When was Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism created?
Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism was created on 1983-06-06.
Zionism is the movement to create a state?
Zionism is the call for Jews to freely live in their ancient homeland.
Was zionism a religious movement?
Yes
When did the zionism movement begins?
in 1897
What was the name of the movement for Jews to return home?
The movement is generally called Zionism.
What movement called for the establishment of a Jewish country?
zionism - "the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, advocated, from its inception, tangible as well as spiritual aims."
Which term describes the nationalist movement that sought to create a nation-state for the Jewish people?
The term that describes the nationalist movement that sought to create a nation-state for the Jewish people is ZIONISM.
What movement increased immigration of European Jews into palestine?
Zionism
A movement suporting the creation of Jewish state in palestine?
Zionism.
What was the movement to unite Jews and settle them in their own homeland?
Zionism.
