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Herzl – Political Zionism. Der Judenstaat (The Jew state). The Jews are a separate Nation Anti-Semitism causes instability and riots in European countries The solution is to have a Jewish state The Nations of the world will help the Jews, for their own benefit, to create an independent state
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Der Judenstaat (The Jew state) • The Jews are a separate Nation • Anti-Semitism causes instability and riots in European countries • The solution is to have a Jewish state • The Nations of the world will help the Jews, for their own benefit, to create an independent state • The Jews should organize as a Nation, elect a government and have financial resources.
Herzl’s activities and contribution • Shocked by the Dreyfus affair - 1895 • Publishing “The Jewish State” – 1896 • The first Zionist congress – Basel 1897: “A Jewish homeland, openly recognized, legally secured” • Negotiation and meeting with the German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, in Jerusalem – 1898 • Meeting with the Ottoman Sultan – 1901 • The British option: Sinai and Cyprus – the Al-Arish commission - 1902 • The Uganda Crisis – 1903 • At the age of 44, the death of Herzl - 1904
Herzl’s opponents and critics in the Zionist movement • Achad Haam – “It’s not the Jews problem but the Judaism problem” Spiritual and cultural Zionism • The democratic fraction – Zionism should focus more on educational mission and actual Jewish existence • “One person movement” • “Altneuland”, a Novel by Herzl, describing future Jewish society in Palestine, – suffered from lack of Jewish spirit