Israel is the homeland of the Jews, and Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinians. (However, there are people on both sides who disagree with this statement.)
Zionism.
Zionism is the call for Jews to freely live in their ancient homeland.
It is the place where the Jews originally came from.
because they faced persecution in their own countries.
The question answers itself: because it is their homeland.
Israel is the homeland of the Jews, and Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinians. (However, there are people on both sides who disagree with this statement.)
Israel is considered the national homeland for the Jewish people and inherited this title from the Mandate for Palestine (which stated in Article 6 that the land was a Jewish National Homeland).
Israel is the Jewish homeland. It is where the Jews originated from.
For the most part, Jewish Zionists were hoping for decades, that their ancestral homeland their old Israel kingdom could be restored to them. Many may have been tempted by the British offer of having their colony in Uganda be that new Jewish homeland but that idea was dismissed by most Zionists Some Jews believed they could have their own homeland communities in the USA. Thousand of Jews immigrated to the US, however, the dream of a restored Jewish homeland in the area they lived in in the past was the best choice. Also, Jews, a small part of their population had already been living in "Palestine" for hundreds of years.
Jews
There are two questions here:Which empire ended the Babylonian exile and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland? -- The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great.What were some results of the return? -- A minority of Jews returned to the Land of Israel and built the Second Temple.
There are two questions here:Which empire ended the Babylonian exile and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland? -- The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great.What were some results of the return? -- A minority of Jews returned to the Land of Israel and built the Second Temple.
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Israel.
It was called Judea
Zionism.