CitizenWald, 9 months ago 29-31 August 1897: 1st #Zionist Congress in Basel. Leader Theodor Herzl meticulously choreographed the event so as to lend it an air of significance as well as hold together disparate constituencies. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/120-years-later-3-days-in-Basel-that-changed-the-course-of-the-Jewish-nation-503768 The preamble to the Program called for establishment of a "home in #Palestine for the #Jewish people, secured under public law," thus leaving open the question of statehood but affirming that the result required international support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Program #Mazeldon 1/n
29-31 August 1897: 1st #Zionist Congress in Basel.
Leader Theodor Herzl meticulously choreographed the event so as to lend it an air of significance as well as hold together disparate constituencies.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/120-years-later-3-days-in-Basel-that-changed-the-course-of-the-Jewish-nation-503768
The preamble to the Program called for establishment of a "home in #Palestine for the #Jewish people, secured under public law," thus leaving open the question of statehood but affirming that the result required international support
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Program
#Mazeldon 1/n
