Zionism facts for kids
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Zionism is the nationalist movement to create a sovereign (self-ruling) homeland for the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. This movement resulted in the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
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History
The word 'Zionism' comes from Zion, which means Jerusalem. Theodor Herzl started the Zionist movement. At the time, Palestine was controlled by the Ottoman Empire. The British during the First World War made a statement called the Balfour Declaration agreeing to support a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Many Evangelical Christians believe that the migration of Jews to Palestine is linked to the apocalypse and prophecy, and therefore support it.
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Images for kids
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Front page of The Jewish Chronicle, 17 January 1896, showing an article by Theodor Herzl (the father of political Zionism) a month prior to the publication of his pamphlet Der Judenstaat
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The delegates at the First Zionist Congress, held in Basel, Switzerland (1897)
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The Great Synagogue of Rishon LeZion was founded in 1885.
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Palestine as claimed by the World Zionist Organization in 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference
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During the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, an Inter-Allied Commission was sent to Palestine to assess the views of the local population; the report summarized the arguments received from petitioners for and against Zionism.
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David Ben-Gurion proclaiming Israel's independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl
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Yemenite Jews on their way to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet
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Israeli author Amos Oz, who today is described as the 'aristocrat' of Labor Zionism
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Kibbutznikiyot (female Kibbutz members) in Mishmar HaEmek, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The Kibbutz is the historical heartland of Labor Zionism.
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Ze'ev Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism
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The 15th-century Abuhav synagogue, established by Sephardic Jews in Safed, Northern Israel.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a notable Christian supporter of Israel and Zionism.
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Israeli Druze Scouts march to Jethro's tomb. Today, thousands of Israeli Druze belong to 'Druze Zionist' movements.
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The Palestinian Arab Christian-owned Falastin newspaper featuring a caricature on its 18 June 1936 edition showing Zionism as a crocodile under the protection of a British officer telling Palestinian Arabs: "don't be afraid!!! I will swallow you peacefully...".
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See also
In Spanish: Sionismo para niños
