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A “Zionist” is a supporter of Zionism, a nationalist movement for the creation and support of a Jewish state in Palestine, the historical homeland of the Jewish people. The term comes from “Zion,” a hill in Jerusalem, and describes someone who believes in the Jews’ right to self-determination in the Land of Israel. NB: There were 3 or 4 possible locations in countries other than Palestine that were considered for the establishment of this ‘Land of Israel’. It had little to do with Christ or the supposed Holy land. See the end of this for other locations that were considered. None of which have any links to where Christ was born.

Zionism emerged in the late 19th century in Europe as a response to antisemitism, aiming to establish a homeland for Jewish people.
Israel is a Zionist project. Conceived by
Theodor Herzl: The founder of the modern Zionist movement, Herzl, envisioned an independent Jewish state in the 20th century.
The movement is rooted in an ancient connection and religious attachment of Jews to the historical region of Palestine.
NB: PALESTINE!!!
Zionists support the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their historic homeland.
NB: That historic ‘homeland’ is ALSO the historic homeland of the Arabs; Palestinians who ultimately converted to either Christianity or Islam.
At that time, the population was a mix of Semetic peoples; Christian, Islamic, Jewish…the true Semites  – NOT the Ashkenazi Jews from Europe who have NO genetic link to Palestine.
A central goal of Zionism was the creation of the state of Israel, which was declared in 1948 after World War II.
NB: AFTER WW2.

Zionism[a] is an ethnocultural nationalist[b] movement that emerged in late 19th-century Europe, seeking to establish and support a Jewish homeland through the colonization of Palestine.[2] This region corresponds to the Land of Israel in Judaism and is central to Jewish history.[3] Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state in Palestine with as much land, as many Jews, and as few Palestinian Arabs as possible. Ref Google

Zionism initially emerged in Central and Eastern Europe as a secular nationalist movement in the late 19th century, in reaction to newer waves of antisemitism and in response to the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment.[5][6] The arrival of Zionist settlers to Palestine during this period is widely seen as the start of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The Zionist claim to Palestine was based on the notion that the Jews’ historical right to the land outweighed that of the Arabs.
NB: this notion of a ‘right’ to a particular land is based on white supremacist colonialism.

The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small minority Jewish population.
NB ‘ a small MINORITY!! But typical of white supremacist colonialism.

In 1948, the State of Israel declared its independence and the first Arab-Israeli war broke out. During the war, Israel expanded its territory to control over 78% of Mandatory Palestine. As a result of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, an estimated 160,000 of 870,000 Palestinians in the territory remained, forming a Palestinian minority in Israel.
NB: this was the Palestinians land as much as it was the land of the small minority of Jews in 1947/48.
But the Israelis forced 750,000 Palestinians out of their homes, their farms, their lands, their villages,  and displaced to Arabs countries surrounding the newly formed Israel. If they refused to leave, they were killed.
The villages were razed to the ground and either rebuilt as Israeli settlements or covered with pine trees from EUROPE to hide the destruction.
Alternatives like British East Africa (Uganda) and Argentina were also seriously discussed. Other locations that were explored include Cyrenaica, Mesopotamia, Brazil, Paraguay, Nevada, Australia, Siberia, Cuba, Canada, Cyprus, Mozambique, the Sinai Peninsula, Suriname, and Madagascar.

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