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Young Jews grapple with Zionism, nearly 80 years after Israel's founding • Nov. 6, 2026, 7:32 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
‘Boycott Ride’ Set To Target Jewish Businesses in Philadelphia • Nov. 6, 2026, 10:10 AM ET (Newsweek)
Labour to end power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row • Nov. 2, 2026, 12:59 PM ET (BBC)
FBI files reveal US probes into early Zionist arms networks, ties to AIPAC • Oct. 30, 2026, 3:00 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
B'nai B'rith UK urges Britain to classify anti-Zionism as extremism • Oct. 27, 2026, 1:19 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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A group of Jewish immigrants, men and women, use hoes to clear rocky land in rural Palestine, with a tree and a small building in the background, early 20th century.
Map showing the British Mandate of Palestine, with the area under direct British administration until 1948 shaded in purple, covering present-day Israel and the Palestinian territories. The area labeled as the Transjordan emirate, east of the Jordan River, is marked with yellow and purple stripes, including cities such as Amman and Ma'an. Surrounding countries-Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt-are labeled, and major cities like Jerusalem, Jaffa, Hebron, and Nablus are indicated within the mandate.
Portrait of Theodor Herzl with a full beard, wearing a suit and bow tie, shown in profile with arms crossed.
Theodor Herzl, seated at center in a dark suit and cap, with a group of men in mixed Western and Middle Eastern attire on the deck of a ship, sailing toward Jaffa.
Chaim Weizmann
Kibbutz in the late 1930s
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prime minister of Israel
Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Weizmann
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British writer
Aḥad Haʿam
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Yitzhak Shamir
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