Theodor Herzl Quotes
We are one people… our enemies made us one whether we will or not, as has repeatedly happened in history. Affection binds us together, and thus united, we suddenly discover our strength.
Jews at the time not had a national homeland since they were driven out of Jerusalem and Palestine. For almost 2000 years, Jews spread the world over belonging to many different cultures and countries. There was little Jews had in common from one country and culture to another. However, anti-Semites and enemies of the Jewish people caused them to begin to see themselves as one people. This had its culmination in the creation of the Jewish State of Israel in 1949
Theodor Herzl, 1860-1904, Austrian Journalist & Political Zionist, Referring to the Jews of the World, Der Juddenstaat, 1896
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On the need to build up Jewish military strength in anticipation of the impending Arab-Israel crisis
Theodor Herzl was an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist, playwright, political activist, and writer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine in an effort to form a Jewish state. Though he died before its establishment, he is known as the father of the State of Israel.
