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Answer Zionism was (and is) the movement to establish and preserve a Jewish homeland.

It is the ideology that Jewish people should have their own state. The Land of Israel was promised to the Jewish people by God, according to the Bible. Jews lived in the Land of Israel from the time of Joshua until the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Almost all Jews were exiled to other countries, known to Jews as the Diaspora. For centuries, Jews prayed for a return to Zion. In the nineteenth century, the Zionist movement, led by Theodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann, encouraged Jews to turn the dream into reality, and lobbied the international community to understand that a "Jewish national home" was the only solution to anti-Semitism and the "Jewish problem."

In 1947, the dream was realized when the UN voted to partition Palestine between the Jews and the Arabs. The Arabs immediately attacked the Jews and in the middle of the war, on May 14, 1948, the State of Israel declared its independence. Today, about half of the world's Jewry lives in Israel. Most Jews living in and out of Israel are supporters of Israel and the Zionist ideology, although a small percent believe only divine intervention should bring about a Jewish state.

It is worth noting that many Anti-Semites claim that Zionism is a code word for some unclear international cabal of evil Jews trying to control the world. Such a cabal does not exist and insinuations without evidence or with evidence that has proven to be a hoax that it does exist are Anti-Semitic. Aside from this, since such a cabal would not be concerned with Jewish Nationalism, it, therefore, could not be Zionism. Additional Definitions These are several other people's different descriptions:

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Zionism was (and is) the movement to establish and preserve aJewish homeland.

It is the ideology that Jewish people should have their own state.The Land of Israel was promised to the Jewish people by God,according to the Bible. Jews lived in the Land of Israel from thetime of Joshua until the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in70 CE. Almost all Jews were exiled to other countries, known toJews as the Diaspora. For centuries, Jews prayed for a return toZion. In the nineteenth century, the Zionist movement, led byTheodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann, encouraged Jews to turn the dreaminto reality, and lobbied the international community to understandthat a "Jewish national home" was the only solution toanti-Semitism and the "Jewish problem."

In 1947, the dream was realized when the UN voted to partitionPalestine between the Jews and the Arabs. The Arabs immediatelyattacked the Jews and in the middle of the war, on May 14, 1948,the State of Israel declared its independence. Today, about half ofthe world's Jewry lives in Israel. Most Jews living in and out ofIsrael are supporters of Israel and the Zionist ideology, althougha small percent believe only divine intervention should bring abouta Jewish state.

It is worth noting that many Anti-Semites claim that Zionism is acode word for some unclear international cabal of evil Jews tryingto control the world. Such a cabal does not exist and insinuationswithout evidence or with evidence that has proven to be a hoax thatit does exist are Anti-Semitic. Aside from this, since such a cabalwould not be concerned with Jewish Nationalism, it, therefore,could not be Zionism.

Additional Definitions
These are several other people's different descriptions:

• Zionism was the movement for (originally) the reestablishmentand (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in whatis now Israel. It was established as a political organization in1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
• The English word 'Zionism' has two distinct senses: 1: a policyfor establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews inPalestine; 2: a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19thcentury with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine
• Zionism is the belief that the Jews should have politicalself-sovereignty and is the patriotic sentiment behind theEstablishment of the State of Israel.
• Jewish nationalist movement with the goal of creating a Jewishhomeland.
• "Jewish" national movement
• Zionism = belief that Israel has the right to EXIST, which isno different to the belief that the 22 Muslim nations have a rightto exist.
• Zionism is basically the hope and wish of the Jews to return totheir homeland - The land of Israel. This is called Zionism becausethe land of Israel is also called "Zion". (In the Tanakh or JewishBible, it is referred to as another name of Jerusalem and in latereras the meaning became more general, regarding the whole land ofIsrael.)
• Zionism can be described as a yearning to make Israel ahomeland for Jews
• Zionism can be described as a peaceful nationalistic movement.It is the desire of Jews to peacefully live in their ancestrallands.
• The term Zionism refers to a national movement for the returnof the Jewish people to their homeland.

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