What was the significance of the Balfour Declaration to Zionists?
The Balfour Declaration was the first promise by the British empire to give the Jewish people a national home in Palestine. As the Zionists worked to create a Jewish state, the support of one of the world's largest powers, that was soon to take over Palestine, was crucial.
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It is to be remembered that Palestine was nothing more than desert land; the people of Palestine were poor Syrians who were few in number living in tents and mud homes scattered haphazardly throughout "Palestine". One has to remember that Jerusalem and modern day Israel was ALWAYS Israeli land; they were cast into the desert, out of Israel by the Romans, as per the bible. For many years Israel was unsettled; Jewish settlers were often killed by nomad Arabs crossing the desert land.
Syria, once a country reliant on its production of textiles from cotton farmers, exiled a small portion of its lowest class citizens and crimminals out to settle in one small part of the desert in the modern day Gaza Strip and in the Eastern part of Jerusalem.
In fact during large surveys conducted in 1943-1947 most of the land of the then "Planned Israeli State" was uninhabited; with exception to the Eastern part of the city of Jerusalem and surrounding areas.
It was commonplace prior to 1948 to kill Jewish families and people who for many years tried to take up residence in Jerusalem and elsewhere in the uninhabited desert lands surrounding Jerusalem, peacefully, alongside the Muslims.
It was only after Britain and the U.N went public with their unanimous decision to create a "Jewish State" that thousands of Syrians and Muslims from all surrounding countries rushed onto this land claiming it as "Palestinian"; when in fact a large portion of it sat barren for more than 200 years.
The significance was that the Jewish People were promised a home in Palestine; a "State" of Israel once again to be theirs as it was originally mainly due to the fact that no country would accept Holocaust survivors who numbered only in the hundreds out of 6 million hard working people across Europe.
Throughout Europe and even the United States refused to absorb Holocaust survivors; the decision to once again establish an Independent State of Israel was largely done by the U.N. in recognizing the land belonged to the Jewish people in biblic times and creating the Independent Democratic State would give survivors a place to regroup in a peaceful State to rebuild their lives.
Unfortunately ,to give them a state would have meant sharing part of Jerusalem with the Arab People of Palestine, and giving the Jews roughly half of the land that the British monarchy colonized. Most of the land given was uninhabited, and consisted of swathes of desert land.
Still nursing their losses from backing Hitler and the German war efforts, many Arab States were openly defiant to both the U.N. and Britain in their decision to "take" land that was deemed occupied by Palestians when in fact the land sat devoid of humans and was nothing more than sand.
It was nothing more than racist mantra that Arab leaders used to their advantage to anger its people to once again take up arms against the Jews.
The Palestinans, Syria, along with Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, upon Israel's declaration of Independence in 1948 jointly attacked the newly established State of Israel without provocation, in defiance of the United Nations and Britain's efforts to resettle the Holocaust survivors.
From 1967 through 1973 the Syrians in particular deluged the newly established State with daily attacks via strategic mountainous area along its' border adjacent to Israel that killed many Israeli civilians. The Israeli Army pushed back the Syrians well into Syria, claiming the land for its' own; the Golan heights.
In 1973 the Golan Heights comprised of a few small farms and mainly unsettled land. Most notable of the farms was Bersheeba Farms. It is to be noted that Israel removed the many munitions and land mines that were plenty on the land, imported millions of pounds of top soil and with the help of the U.S. and Britain planted hundreds of trees, groves and fields, in where they employed many Muslim farmers in attempts to cohabitate peacefully and assist the otherwise unemployed poor people of Palestine that their motherland had left to fend for themselves.
Resentment and bitter racism mainly by Muslims but also by a minority in Israel remain an obstacle to peace. Confounding this is Hezbollah and Hamas; the "Hama" people of Syria and Iran [minorities, similar to Alawites] and Hezbollah, Lebanese and Iranian funded; are both considered terrorist groups. Both groups pledge "death to Israel and her people".
Average civilians in both the State of Palestine and Israel have conscribed to a civil relationship; younger generations have found friends on the other side. This small albeit first step towards peace continues to be hampered by terrorist groups and poor and young people alike with limited opportunity elsewhere are forced into joining them, often to be used as human bombs.
What is the traditional Zionist movement?
I am not entirely sure what the term "traditional Zionist" means.
Zionism is a modern nationalist movement advocating for a Jewish Nation-State in the historical "Land of Israel" and did not exist in any form prior to the late 1800s. (While there was certainly a desire among Jews to return to the "Land of Israel" prior to Zionism, this was based solely on the hope of divine action to bring the Jews home, not a political movement to attempt to create a mechanism for this.)
If you mean "traditional" as in "most historical", then Zionism (until around the 1950s) was predominantly a secular Jewish movement. It was eschewed by the Religious Jewish community as an act of blasphemy, since it was a rejection of God's mandated Exile for the Jewish people. (Some religious Jews such as Neturei Karta still hold to this objection.) Therefore, the historical and original Zionist movement is secular.
If you mean "traditional" as in "most religious", then Religious Zionism as a movement started with Rabbi Avraham Kook who claimed that the secular Jewish State was insured survival by God so that the beginnings of the Messianic Plan for the world could occur. This movement has since grown and expanded with the occupation of the West Bank, further "legitimizing" God's protection of Israel.
Are Nazism and Zionism basically the same only with Chosen People replacing Master Race?
Answer 1
Jews do not believe that "Chosen" means superior. Zionism is only the longing to return to the Jewish homeland, not to conquer or hurt anyone.
Answer 2
There is often hyperbole in the media about comparing Zionist Israeli policy to Nazi German policy in order to create sympathy for the Palestinians. However, there are vast differences in the organization of ideals and direction of the governments, making these ideologies very different.
Persecution and Genocide
One of the hallmarks of Nazi policy was the quarantining of "Undesirables" in ghettos which were partial cities without sufficient food or living space. Then the "Undesirables" would be trucked to forced labor and extermination camps. This led to the deaths of 6 million Jews and 5 million non-Jews (primarily Slavs and Romani/Gypsies).
Israel has never organized any sort of genocidal campaign against any group. Although life is difficult for Palestinians in the West Bank under Israeli occupation, they are not rounded up, quarantined or subject to mass murder. The Palestinians in Gaza are under a blockade since the Hamas government almost always uses surplus supplies to wage war on Israel, but Israel still continues to provide the Gaza Strip with all of its electricity and 80% of its foodstuffs, the exact opposite treatment afforded by the Nazis to their "Undesirables". Of course, this fails to note how Arab Israeli citizens (ethnic Palestinians, Druze, Bedouins, and Arab Christians) receive equal treatment under Israeli Law and even have political parties which have participated in every Israeli Parliament, some of which are opposed to the Jewish State.
Industry Nationalization and Human Rights
Economically, the Fascist State tends to co-opt private industry and create an unholy political-industrial complex that makes the rights of its citizens secondary to the whims and desires of industry. This is to create a stronger impetus for production of military arms and manufactures. The Nazis were well known for their extensive collaboration with industrial manufacturers and the lessening of workers' protections.
Israel has some of the most comprehensive worker protections in the world and an incredible number of regulations for private industry. Israeli domestic policy would be considered socialist by American standards or Lib-Dem by British Standards or Moderate Gaullist by French Standards. While there is significant military expenditure in Israel, it is not co-opted by the government. Rather private manufacturers receive grants and subsidies, similar to what happens in the United States. Israel also has one of the most productive start-up economies, entirely outside of the government's interference.
Eugenics
The Nazis made very clear that they were trying to create a master race with a certain set of discernible physical features: blond hair, blue eyes, small nose, pale face, and had anatomical drawings of the Übermensch which resembled the typical Swede. The Nazis researched the best ways to promote reproduction among those who "had desirable traits" and to limit reproduction among the Undesirables. Women in concentration camps, for example, were experimented on to prevent them from ovulating and thus effectively prevent their reproduction.
Aside from the fact that Jews in Israel are from all over the world (roughly 1/3 from Russia, 1/3 from the Arab World, and 1/3 from Western Europe and the USA, with sprinklings from elsewhere), there is no view in Israel of how a Jew should look. Further, there is no attempt to alter demography by preventing non-Jews from marrying and reproducing. In fact, aside for Religious Jews, Arab Israelis have the highest birth rates in Israel. While there are demographic concerns in Israel, no Israeli politician or organization has ever contemplated trying to prevent Arabs from marrying or having children, because this is not what Israel is about.
How did the spread of nationalism affect Jewish people living throughout Europe in the 19th century?
It inspired a movement aimed at creating an independent state for Jews from around the world called Zionism.
After the Zionists declared independence of israel what were the countries that got invaded?
Israel was invaded.
However, it is worth noting that during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948-49, some Israeli divisions crossed into sovereign Egyptian territory (east Sinai) after taking back the Negev Desert in the south of Mandatory Palestine from Egyptian forces. When Israel retreated from the Sinai, Egypt was willing to sign an armistice.
Who was the serbian nationalist group behind assassination of archduke Ferdinand?
Gavrilo Princip Was the Serbian nationalist behind the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand
How did nationalism affect Germany and Austria-Hungary differently?
In general, you could say that German nationalism tended to bring the country together, and the nationalism in Austria-Hungary tended to pull them apart. There was a much greater land area, much greater religious and cultural diversity, and a much greater overlap in people identifying with other countries and language differences in Austria-Hungary.
Nationalism of course continued. After the dissolution Austrian Catholics were bonded together by religion, and although many of them were German, they didn't want to join with the protestants. German nationalism in Nazi Germany continued, and may have been a unifying experience for some, but at the expense of the ostracism and dehumanization of others.
What are the Three examples of the rise of nationalism in Africa?
1. Muslim reformers and radical proletariats in Algeria, native Algerians were deprived by French government
2. Zimbabwe-1960's and 1970's whites were superior to Africans and Africans were not given the right to vote.
How is modern day nationalism explained in Marxist terms?
Marxism completely opposes the concept of nationalism, supporting a concept of postnationalism and internationalism. The idea that a person would have greater loyalty to a particular state, its culture, its history, and its identity, all of which are the core principles of nationalism, are deeply antithetical to Marxism. Marxism is about the idea that people across the world are only divisible by their wealth and property ownership, regardless of nation of origin. A Marxist would see a nationalist as (1) anachronistic, (2) conservative, (3) militaristic, and (4) racist/discriminatory.
Who are peaceful out of the republicans nationalist unionists loyalists?
First two are the same.
Last two are the same.
Republicans/Nationalists said they wont fight unless they're needed.
Loyalists/Unionists attack police, Catholics, and each other
How did nationalist leaders in Africa oppose colonial rule?
In the 1920s and 1930s African protests focused on local issues and remained within the boundaries of the ethnic units recognized by colonial rule. The Kikuyu Central Association (KCA), formed in 1924, began advocating the return of land lost to European settlement. One of the leaders of the KCA was Jomo Kenyatta.
What was the time period of nationalism?
There wasn't really a 'time period' of Nationalism . It began as each country developed its own identity .
When the Nationalists took power in 1911 the emperor did what?
You have forgotten to specify which country you are referring to.
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.
Industrial Revolution to the development of Filipino Nationalism?
Discuss the significant of industrial revolution to the development of Filipino nationalism
Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Zionist organization?
Not really.
Jehovah's Witnesses are fundamentally opposed to the concept of nations and politics. They maintain that all believers in all places should form local communities and self-administer according to the light of God. However, they hold that it is imperative that all Jews congregate in the Land of Israel to being about the Second Coming of Jesus. So, while they do not support Israel's existence (because they do not support the existence of any nation), they do support Israel's policies in regards to bringing Jews to Israel from afar.
Also, Israel and Lebanon are the only countries in that area of the Middle East that permit Jehovah's Witnesses to practice, which makes Jehovah's Witnesses more likely to favor Israel than the neighboring Arab States which have banned their practice. Several Arab States have argued that Jehovah's Witnesses (like any ideology that they do not like) are Zionists in order to justify this infringement of religious freedom. Some other countries that ban Jehovah's Witnesses, like China and Vietnam do not make the same argument.
How did czar Alexander ii feel about nationalism?
He didn't like it because it caused many revolutions within his own country of Russia among the Poles, Fins, and Ukrainians.
What is the Zionist movement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
The term Zionist as it was originally intended and still used by Jews refers to someone who is a nationalist believing in the proper establishment of a Jewish State in the historic Jewish homeland called the Land of Israel, i.e. Israeli patriots. (For those who prefer analogies, a US Patriot is to the United States of America what a Zionist is to Israel.) A Zionist, like a patriot of any other country, may have left-wing views and argue vociferously against government policies that he dislikes. What makes somebody a patriot is his defense of that country's right to exist with the current general government structure.
Arabs tend to use the word Zionist to refer derisively to those that Jews would call Religious Zionists or Settlers. These are the individuals who hold that the State of Israel should include the West Bank and the Palestinians should remain stateless. Of course, this group of individuals is the minority, but by settling the disputed territory, they cause negative Arab and left-wing Israeli sentiment. Since most Arabs do not believe that the Jews have a right to a state, this has provided additional fuel to the hatred infused into the word Zionist. Many Arabs will refer to Jews as Zionists regardless of whether or not they openly support Israel or not.
When did the Rothschilds join the Zionist Organization?
The Rothschilds were some of the earliest backers of modern Zionism, joining the fold in the mid-1890s. They were one of the major forces behind Britain's issuance of the Balfour Declaration.
What was black nationalism's main idea about economics?
African Americans should only do business with members of their own communities.