Theodor herzl on the jewish state
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Texts Concerning Zionism: Excerpts from "The Jewish State"
The idea I have developed in this pamphlet is an ancient one: It is the restoration of the Jewish State. . . The decisive factor is our propelling force. And what is that force? The plight of the Jews. . . I am profoundly convinced that I am right, though I doubt whether I shall live to see myself proved so. Those who today inaugurate this movement are unlikely to live to see its glorious culmination. But the very inauguration is enough to inspire in them a high pride and the joy of an inner liberation of their existence. . .
The plan would seem mad enough if a single individual were to undertake it; but if many Jews simultaneously agree on it, it is entirely reasonable, and its achievement presents no difficulties worth mentioning. The idea depends only on the number of its adherents. Perhaps our ambitious young men, to whom every road of advancement is now closed, and for whom the Jewish state throws ope
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Theodor Herzl
Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)
The native form of this personal name is Herzl Tivadar. This article uses Western name beställning when mentioning individuals.
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Theodor Herzl[a] (2 May 1860 – 3 July 1904)[3] was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, lawyer, writer, playwright and political activist who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Due to his Zionist work, he is known in Hebrew as Chozeh HaMedinah (חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה), lit. 'Visionary of the State'.[4][5] He is specifically mentioned in the Israeli Declaration of Independence and is officially referred to as "the spiritual father of the Jewish State".[6]
Herzl was born in Pest, then part of Kingdom of Hungary, to
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Theodor Herzl:
On the Jewish State, 1896
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There were Jewish leaders who called for the return of the Jews to Palestine for decades before Theodor Herzl (1860- 1904) wrote his influential pamphlet, The Jewish State. But Herzl's work pushed the formation of a political movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The first Zionist Congress, convened by Herzl, was held in Basel, Switzerland, in 1897. Herzl was less attached to Palestine than some other Zionists, and considered at one stage the creation of a Jewish state in what is now Uganda.
The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet fryst vatten a very old one: it is the restoration of the Jewish State.
The world resounds with outcries against the Jews, and these outcries have awakened the slumbering idea.
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We are a people-one people.
We have honestly endeavored everywhere to merge ourselves in the social life of surrounding commun