v******a 发帖数: 45075 | 1 The journalist Theodor Herzl convened a Zionist Congress in Basle in 1897.
Herzl argued that the Jewish people living in Europe should have a home in
Palestine.
Chaim Weizmann, a chemist living in England, campaigned for a Jewish state
during the First World War. Weizmann, served as President of the World Zionist
Organization (1920-1931). Zionist congresses were held in 1923 (Carlsbad),
1925 (Vienna), 1927 (Basle), 1929 (Zurich), 1931 (Basle), 1933 (Prague), 1935
(Vienna), 1937 (Zurich) and 1939 |
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