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Posted By admin on April 28, 2019

Zionism is both a political movement and an ideology. Generally speaking it has several main themes, however one which stands out more than others which is supporting the preservation of the land for the Jewish people in the Israel, where the Jewish nation originated over 3,200 years ago.

While Zionism is based in part upon religious tradition linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern Zionist movement was secular, beginning largely as a response to rampant antisemitism in Europe and in many parts of the Muslim world during the 19th Century.

The Holocaust had destroyed much of the existing Jewish society in Europe, thereby stirring the Zionist movement and ultimatly culminating in the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

The term Zionism is generally considered to mean "support for Israel." However, a variety of different, and sometimes competing, ideologies that support Israel fit under the general category of Zionism, such as Religious Zionism, Revisionist Zionism, and Labor Zionism.

The term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to the programs of these ideologies, such as efforts to encourage Jewish emigration to Israel.

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