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צWhat Is Zionism?History before politics

Start Here 10-Minute Story Jewish Right to the Land What is Zionism?Timeline Why This Land?

Rule and administration

Who ruled the land?

The land changed hands repeatedly. An empire governing a territory is not the same thing as the modern population living there.

c. 1000–586 BCE

Israelite & Judahite kingdoms

Local Hebrew-speaking kingdoms centred on the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people.

Historical periods and administrative areas changed over time. They should not be read as modern legal borders.

צWhat Is Zionism?

History before politics.
Evidence before slogans.

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Track 1 · Foundations of ZionismThe 10-minute story What is Zionism?Why this land?The Jewish right to the land Return before Herzl Why modern Zionism emerged

Track 2 · From Persecution to Self-DeterminationA history of antisemitism The limits of emancipation The Holocaust Why Jews could not escape After the Holocaust From persecution to self-determination

Track 3 · Building the StateThe revival of Hebrew Building a society before 1948 The people who built Zionism International recognition The Declaration of Independence 1948 and independence

Track 4 · Modern IsraelThe ingathering of the exiles The great rescue airlifts Jews of the Middle East and North Africa Let My People Go The Six-Day War and Jerusalem The Yom Kippur War Operation Entebbe The pursuit of peace Innovation and global aid Arab citizens of Israel Religious freedom in Israel Why Israel exists

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