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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 The Israelis and the Palestinians: A Century of Conflict
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Type Description Contributor Date
Added cross-reference. Dec 23, 2025
Modified link of Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Zionism. Dec 05, 2025
Changed spelling of “anti-Semitism” to “antisemitism.” Mar 05, 2025
Added cross-reference to Israel-Palestine conflicts collections page. Oct 03, 2024
Article revised and updated. Aug 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Zionism. Aug 14, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Michigan - College of Literature, Science, and The Arts - Zionism. Mar 31, 2023
Corrected display issue. Jan 30, 2019
Add new Web site: 1914-1918 online - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Zionism. Jan 17, 2019
Clarified the events of the 1948?49 Arab-Israeli War. Jun 09, 2015
Article revised and updated. Apr 02, 2015
Add new Web site: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Zionism and Zionist Parties. Jul 08, 2014
Add new Web site: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe - Zionism and Zionist Parties. May 26, 2014
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Zionism. May 26, 2014
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Israel Studies An Anthology : The History of Zionism. Jan 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Herzl and Zionism. Jan 18, 2013
Corrected display issue. Jun 02, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Zionism. Oct 21, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 07, 2007
Added new Web site: The Official Site of the Hadassah. Aug 04, 2006
Added new Web site: The Official Site of the Hadassah. Aug 04, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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