What is your point here putz... stay with the program, You can play on words all night long ... my point is Einstein was not a anti Zionist as you would like us to believe therefore " you lie putz."... some more on Zionism for your delusional pleasure ... This was the first and only World Zionist Organization

The World Zionist Organization (Hebrew: הַהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית; HaHistadrut HaTsionit HaOlamit), or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization (ZO; 1897-1960) at the initiative of Theodor Herzl at the First Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel, Switzerland. When it was founded, the goals of the Zionist movement were stated in a resolution that came of that Congress and came to be known as the “Basel Program.”


"Zionism aims at establishing for the Jewish people a legally assured home in Palestine. For the attainment of this purpose, the Congress considers the following means serviceable:

(1) the promotion of the settlement of Jewish agriculturists [farmers], artisans, and tradesmen in Palestine;
(2) the federation [unified organisation] of all Jews into local or general groups, according to the laws of the various countries;
(3) the strengthening of the Jewish feeling and consciousness [national sentiment and national consciousness];
(4) preparatory steps for the attainment of those governmental grants which are necessary to the achievement of the Zionist purpose."."
The WZO currently consists of the following bodies: The World Zionist Unions, international Zionist federations; and international organizations that define themselves as Zionist, such as WIZO, Hadassah, B'nai B'rith, Maccabi, the International Sephardic Federation, the three streams of world Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform), delegation from the CIS – Commonwealth of Independent States (some states of the former Soviet Union), the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS), and more.

The Jewish Agency is a parallel organisation, with goals, attributes and leadership closely intertwined with those of the Zionist Organization during the years before the establishment of the State of Israel, and to varying degrees after that. Significant changes to the statutes of both organisations occurred in 1952, 1970 and 1979.[1]



Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Membership and delegations
3 Presidents of (World) Zionist Organization
4 Chairs of the Executive of World Zionist Organization and/or the Jewish Agency for Israel
5 Sister organizations
6 World Zionist Congress
7 Jerusalem Program
8 Herzl Award
9 Settlement controversy
10 References
11 External links


History[edit]

Founded as the Zionist Organization (Hebrew: הַהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית; HaHistadrut HaTsionit), or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland.[2] It changed its name to World Zionist Organization in January 1960.

The ZO served as an umbrella organization for the Zionist movement, whose objective was the creation of a Jewish homeland in Canaan - at that time under the Ottoman Empire and following the First World War The British Mandate of Palestine. When the State of Israel was declared 51 years later on May 14, 1948, many of its new administrative institutions were already in place, having evolved during the regular Zionist Congresses of the previous decades. Some of these institutions remain to this day.

Membership and delegations[edit]

Membership in the ZO was open to all Jews, and the right to vote for delegates to the Congresses was secured by the purchase of the Zionist Shekel. Delegations from all around the world, and from many different political backgrounds and religious traditions, took part in each Congress; delegations/parties were mainly grouped by ideology, rather than by geography.[citation needed]

In 1960 the ZO changed its name to the World Zionist Organization and adopted a new constitution under which individuals are ineligible for membership, which is reserved for organizations.

Presidents of (World) Zionist Organization[edit]
Theodor Herzl: (1897–1904)
David Wolffsohn: (1905–1911)
Otto Warburg: (1911–1921)
Chaim Weizmann (1st time): (1921–1931)
Nahum Sokolow: (1931–1935)
Chaim Weizmann (2nd time): (1935–1946)
David Ben-Gurion (acting): (1946–1956)
Nahum Goldmann: (1956–1968)[3]
Ehud Avriel: (1968–1972)

Chairs of the Executive of World Zionist Organization and/or the Jewish Agency for Israel[edit]
Simon Greenberg (1963–1968)[4]
Louis Arie Pincus (1968–Oct 1973), head of the executive of WZO until 1972
Yitzhak Navon (1972–1978), only head of the Executive of WZO
Aryeh Dolchin (Oct 1973–1975), only chairman of the Jewish Agency
Pinhas Sapir (1975–12 Aug 1975), only head of the Jewish Agency
Aryeh Dolchin (12 Aug 1975–6 Jan 1976), only chairman of the Jewish Agency
Yosef Almogi (6 Jan 1976–1978), only chairman of the Jewish Agency
Aryeh Dolchin (1978–Dec 1987)
Simcha Dinitz (Dec 1987–14 Feb 1994)
Yehiel Leket (Feb 1994–Feb 1995)
Avraham Burg (Feb 1995–Feb 1999)
Sallai Meridor (25 Feb 1999–2005), "acting" until May 1999, then elected
Zeev Bielski (2005–2009)
Avraham Duvdevani (2010–present)[5]

In 2009, the positions were separated again. Natan Sharansky was elected as the head of the Jewish Agency and Avraham Duvdevani was elected as the new Chairman of the WZO at the 36th Zionist Congress, on 15 June 2010.

Sister organizations[edit]

The finances of the WZO were conducted by the Jewish Colonial Trust (founded in 1899), and acquisition of land was conducted by the Jewish National Fund (founded in 1901).[6] Keren Hayesod (founded 1920) funded Zionist and Yishuv activities prior to the creation of the state of Israel through enterprises such as the Palestine Electric Company, the Palestine Potash Company and the Anglo-Palestine Bank

Sorry that I confuse you, I am not a talking head. First, I am a computer engineer used to dealing with facts and not feelings. In addition, I love history. With historical facts, it does not matter how one feels about it.... it happened and as such should be used as a learning tool and not a condemnation of the participants, but a road map of what to do or not do in the current or future. I neither feel guilty or pleased with how Israel behaved in history, nothing can be done about it. Injustices of the past should be viewed very critically, but using facts and not emotions. My quest for truth has taken me to many places, I am a recognized face at the National Archives in DC, the Library of the Ministry in Frankfurt and frequently visit the land grants and deeds in Tel Aviv. I gather information from both sides and present it as an alternative view from the constant chatter of hate and mistrust that is built through propaganda.

My approach may seem cold to you or others and you may not appreciate a serious student of history, but I have found it immeasurably beneficial in dealing with emotionally charged issues.

Along with this "handicap" I also have two others, when I read a book I cannot forget the contents. For example, while reading your comments I remember you writing: Your name is Nora Hope, you are 58 years old, and your relationship with your mother was bad; you said she hated you. You also think that your brother was her "beloved" son and you suspected that they had an incestuous relationship. You were not allowed to favor her with the endearment of calling her Mom or Ma. And you complained that she would still bathe your brother when he was 14. You also claimed to have Turkish relatives and ancestors, and you are not a Christian. You have a son and a 17 month old grandson. You moved to Burlington, VT to accompany your significant other who was accepted at UVM. Apparently she comes from a wealthy family, father being in the Diamond District, which you showed some resentment toward. You drove a school bus, and part of the route was a trailer park, Williston Park which you described as horrid...... And that was when I stopped following you. You see, if I read it, I cannot forget.

I have no sense of humor, so many of the jokes told, go directly over my head. I do not see myself as particularly righteous or damnable, I see myself as an individual who appreciates facts and have an acceptable writing style to deliver my thoughts or research in a manner that can be easily read at most levels.

Payne1000, no, I can't explain and the reason is that I
do not remember. There was something that he was
saying that seemed "wrong" "off" "inauthentic".

However; that said, I really, really appreciated a former video of General Clark revealing this "confidential" memo about the US planning 7 wars in
five days. I'm sure you read it, or that you posted it.

Pennylynn puzzles me with her ostensible facts, and I
am bewildered by her righteousness. Oh well, just another talking head, I guess.

I shall read the book. It just sounds so far-fetched. I mean Zionists (Jews) in collusion with Germany? On
its face, it seems absurd. But if it is documented, I will
be continuing my education.

So, I thank you for your post.
As ever :thumbup: :thumbup: Nora

It appears that every group of people have some bad asses... Example your hero David Duke... he has many followers and his own agenda , but is far from making public policy.... Einstein was a social Zionist and a pacifist

Labor Zionism or Socialist Zionism[1] (Hebrew: צִיּוֹנוּת סוֹצְיָאלִיסְטִית, translit. tsionut sotsialistit) can be described as the major stream of the left wing of the Zionist movement. It was, for many years, the most significant tendency among Zionists and Zionist organizational structure. It saw itself as the Zionist sector of the historic Jewish labor movements of Eastern and Central Europe, eventually developing local units in most countries with sizeable Jewish populations. Unlike the "political Zionist" tendency founded by Theodor Herzl and advocated by Chaim Weizmann, Labor Zionists did not believe that a Jewish state would be created simply by appealing to the international community or to a powerful nation such as Britain, Germany or the Ottoman Empire. Rather, Labor Zionists believed that a Jewish state could only be created through the efforts of the Jewish working class settling in Palestine and constructing a state through the creation of a progressive Jewish society with rural kibbutzim and moshavim and an urban Jewish proletariat.

Labor Zionism grew in size and influence and eclipsed "political Zionism" by the 1930s both internationally and within the British Mandate of Palestine where Labor Zionists predominated among many of the institutions of the pre-independence Jewish community Yishuv, particularly the trade union federation known as the Histadrut. The Haganah – the largest Zionist paramilitary defense force – was a Labor Zionist institution and was used on occasion (such as during the Hunting Season) against right-wing political opponents or to assist the British Administration in capturing rival Jewish militants.

Labor Zionists played a leading role in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and Labor Zionists were predominant among the leadership of the Israeli military for decades after the formation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Major theoreticians of the Labor Zionist movement included Moses Hess, Nachman Syrkin, Ber Borochov and Aaron David Gordon and leading figures in the movement included David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and Berl Katznelson


Irgun Zvai Leumi


Irgun Zvai Leumi, ( Hebrew: National Military Organization) byname Etzel, Jewish right-wing underground movement in Palestine, founded in 1931. At first supported by many nonsocialist Zionist parties, in opposition to the Haganah, it became in 1936 an instrument of the Revisionist Party, an extreme nationalist group that had seceded from the World Zionist Organization and whose policies called for the use of force, if necessary, to establish a Jewish state on both sides of the Jordan.

Irgun committed acts of terrorism and assassination against the British, whom it regarded as illegal occupiers, and it was also violently anti-Arab. Irgun participated in the organization of illegal immigration into Palestine after the publication of the British White Paper on Palestine (1939), which severely limited immigration. Irgun’s violent activities led to execution of many of its members by the British; in retaliation, Irgun executed British army hostages.

Irgun’s members were extremely disciplined and daring, and their actions included the capture of ʿAkko (Acre) prison, a medieval fortress that not even Napoleon had succeeded in capturing. In the last days of the British mandate, it captured a large part of the city of Yafo (Jaffa).

On July 22, 1946, Irgun blew up a wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91 soldiers and civilians (British, Arab, and Jewish). On April 9, 1947, a group of Irgun commandos raided the Arab village of Dayr Yāsīn (modern Kefar Shaʾul), killing about 100 of its inhabitants.

After the creation of Israel in 1948 Irgun’s last units disbanded and took the oath of loyalty to the Israel Defense Forces on September 1, 1948. Politically, it was the precursor of the Ḥerut (Freedom) Party, one of Israel’s most militant right-wing groups, which later merged with the Liberals into the Gaḥal Party. See also Stern Gang

So ... this far right wing group is the one you claim Einstein called Zionist when in reality they were not , Einstein's letter to Rifkin stated he would not support terrorism he thought terrorism was criminal ... you twist Zionism for your political gain .... just like your hero David Duke ....