Zionism
- a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.
Origin of Zionism
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Contemporary Examples of zionism
As Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, once said, "If you will it, it is no dream."
It opposes global capitalism, European integration and Zionism.
In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming HolocaustDaniel Genis
October 25, 2014
None of it has lessened my belief in Zionism or the imperative of Israel as a home and sanctuary for Jews.
By evening,” Shavit writes, “Zionism has taken the city of Lydda.
“Zionism carries out a massacre in the city of Lydda,” Shavit writes.
Historical Examples of zionism
The premises of political Zionism are that there is a Jewish nation.
Zionism and Anti-SemitismMax Simon Nordau
This is, in brief, the theological side of the vexed question of Zionism.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonPatrick Braybrooke
This is an allegory referring to certain aspects of Zionism.
Stories and PicturesIsaac Loeb Peretz
For that end, however, we ought to put a stop to disputes about Zionism and anti-Zionism.
The Allied Countries and the JewsHyman Gerson Enelow
Let us, therefore, for once realize that Israel is greater than Zionism, and Palestine more important than parties.
The Allied Countries and the JewsHyman Gerson Enelow
Zionism
- a political movement for the establishment and support of a national homeland for Jews in Palestine, now concerned chiefly with the development of the modern state of Israel
- a policy or movement for Jews to return to Palestine from the Diaspora
Word Origin and History for zionism
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Zionism
The belief that Jews (see also Jews) should have their own nation; Jewish nationalism. Zionism gained much support among Jews and others in the early twentieth century, and the hoped-for nation was established in the late 1940s in Palestine, as the state of Israel. Zionism is opposed by most Arabs. (See Arab-Israeli conflict.)