Verdens Zionistorganisation: Forskelle mellem versioner

'''Verdens Zionistorganisation''', eller på engelsk '''World Zionist Organization''' ([[hebraisk]] ההסתדרות הציונית העולמית), eller '''WZO''', blev grundlagt i [[1897]] under navnet ''Zionist Organization'', ''ZO'', ved den første Zionistkongres, som blev afholdt den [[29. august]] til [[31. august]] i [[Basel]], [[Schweiz]].<ref>[http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/120/Chapter+Two+The+Seven+Years+of+Herzl.htm "Chapter 2: The Seven Years of Herzl"] i ''[http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/120/ Zionism – The First 120 Years]'' af [[Jewish Agency]].</ref> ZO fungerede som en paraplyorganisation for [[zionisme|zionistbevægelsen]], som fremmede forslaget om at oprette en jødisk stat, Israel, i området som da var kendt som Palæstina. [[Theodor Herzl]], som sammen [[Max Nordau]] organiserede den første kongres, skrev senere i sin dagbog: {{citat|If I were to sum up the Congress in a word – which I shall take care not to publish – it would be this: At Basle I founded the Jewish State. If I said this out loud today I would be greeted by universal laughter. In five years perhaps, and certainly in fifty years, everyone will perceive it.|Theodor Herzl<ref>''The Diaries of Theodor Herzl'', udgave og oversættelse af Marvin Lowenthal, London, 1958, s. 220, citeret fra [http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/print.asp?id=2119 Gideon Shimoni: "Historiographical Issues in Conveying Herzl’s Legacy"].</ref>}}

 

 

== Præsidenter af World Zionist Organization ==