"Zionism demands a publicly recognized and legally secured homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people. This platform is unchangeable."

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Source: Theodor Herzl (2014). “The Jewish State: with 2014 Foreword by Jerold S. Auerbach”, p.46, Quid Pro Books

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Theodor Herzl

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Theodor Herzl was a Jewish journalist and the founder of modern political Zionism, advocating for the establishment of a Jewish state.

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