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Zionist movement in the early 20th century British mandate of Palestine, 1917–47 The father of modern Zionism Theodor Herzl visits Palestine Chaim Weizmann Kibbutz in the late 1930s The Israelis and the Palestinians: A Century of Conflict
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Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi instructs his constituents to withdraw from Zionist institutions • Feb. 18, 2025, 9:10 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Top haredi leader calls for Arab rule over Israel, says Zionism brought 'disasters' • Feb. 10, 2025, 4:37 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion
prime minister of Israel
Chaim Weizmann
Chaim Weizmann
Israeli president and scientist
Henrietta Szold
American Zionist leader
The first prime minister of Israel
Golda Meir
prime minister of Israel
Menachem Begin
Menachem Begin
prime minister of Israel
Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzḥak Shamir
prime minister of Israel
Laurence Oliphant, engraving after a photograph
Laurence Oliphant
British writer
Aḥad Haʿam
Aḥad Haʿam
Zionist leader
Chaim Herzog
Chaim Herzog
president of Israel
Vladimir Jabotinsky
Zionist leader
Ben-Zvi, 1953
Itzhak Ben-Zvi
president of Israel
Allon, Yigal
Yigal Allon
Israeli politician
Pinhas Lavon
Israeli politician
Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol
prime minister of Israel
Uri Zvi Greenberg
Israeli poet
Moshe Sharett
prime minister of Israel
Meir Kahane
Meir Kahane
Israeli political extremist and rabbi
Nahum Goldmann
Israeli Zionist leader
Zalman Shazar
president of Israel
Aaron David Gordon
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