...following programme, which was carried unanimously with the greatest enthusiasm : The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law. The Congress contemplates the following means to the attainment of this end : — 1. The promotion,...

...Zionist Organization and laid down its programme, known as the Basel programme, in the following terms : Zionism strives to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law. The Congress contemplates the following means to the attainment of this end : 1. The promotion on suitable...

...presided over this congress, which has become a biennial event. The first congress proclaimed that "Zionism strives to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law." This program was internationally sanctioned as the World War was drawing to a close. The Allies decided...

...Organisation was founded in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress at Basle, where the famous Basle programme, " To create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law," was drawn up. The control of the organisation is vested in the Executive and the General Council, both...

...unrelated and highly individualized delegates to unite around a common platform. "The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law."1 This is a translation from the French; the literal translation of the German phraseology is...

...Congress at Basle, Switzerland. There the official Zionist platform was adopted: "The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law." Within 20 years of the organization of modern political Zionism, the movement received formal approval...

...Congress at Basle, Switzerland. There the official Zionist platform was adopted: "The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law." Within 20 years of the organization of modern political Zionism, the movement received formal approval...

...of modern Zionism. from Europe, America, and North Africa voted to form a World Zionist Organization to create "for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law." Herzl wrote in his diary, "Today I created the Jewish State. In five years, perhaps, and certainly...

...was adopted at the First Zionist Congress. It laid down the following points: The aim of Zionism is to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law. In order to attain this object the Congress adopts the following means: (l)the systematic promotion...

...in its first sentence—parts of which were later incorporated into the Balfour Declaration—that "Zionism strives to create for the Jewish people a home in Palestine secured by public law." 5 Herzl's organizational and programmatic innovations were a big leap forward from the cautious and...