Zionism Research Paper

Zionism, as a concept, was a nationalistic movement that advocated for the return of the Jewish people to their motherland, Israel. It also supported the recommencement of Jewish sovereignty in Israel. From its inception, Zionism advocated for the tangible entitlements and religious interest of the Jews in the land of Israel. Many Jews, mainly from Europe and Yemen, joined Zionism and started migrating to Palestine. This particular movement was also established in order to bring independence to the Jewish people from anti-Semitism and prosecutions. Specifically, the cruelty they were facing in a foreign land was dire and they were in need of immediate freedom and emancipation (Horowitz and Lissak 89). The first Zionist meeting took place in the early 1890s in Basel, with Theodor …show more content…
The residence of Zionists in Palestine was met with furious resistance from the Arab settlers whom strongly opposed this idea. During the period of the great revolution, hundreds of Jews were killed as well as a large number of Palestinian Arabs. The Arabs were known to be followers of Haj Amin Hussein, the leader of the settlers that were situated in Palestine. The Zionist responded to this looming threat by setting up a self-defense group, the Haganah and Irgun. These two units carried out a revenge assault on the followers of Hussein in the year 1936. There was a proposal to divide the land between the Arab settlers and the Jewish immigrants. However, the Palestinian Arabs discarded this proposition in 1937. As a result, the Jewish immigrants were left with no place to settle or call home since all the other countries refused to assist them. The Jewish organizations suggested an illegal immigration to Palestine. The Zionist leader requested for an independent Palestine so that he would have the possibility to be able to control the