Jewish state's start, survival only partially fulfill Herzl's vision.(World)(Briefing/Middle East)(News Analysis)

From: The Washington Times | Date: August 27, 1997| Author: Sieff, Martin | Copyright information

"If you will it, it is no dream."

With these words, Theodor Herzl, the visionary founder of modern Zionism, launched the political drive for a Jewish homeland in Palestine 100 years ago.

Today, as Jewish leaders from around the world assemble in Basel, Switzerland, for the centenary celebration of Herzl's First Zionist Congress there, his idea succeeded and failed to an extent he would have found astonishing.

"The great achievement of Zionism li...

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