Credible resources for Zionism and Israel

Zionist and Israeli Leaders

Rabbi Yehudah Alkalai   (1798-1878) Forerunner of modern Zionism	Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Kalischer (Kalisher) (1795-1874) Forerunner of modern Zionism	Leon (Yehuda Leib) Pinsker (1821-1891) Leader of Hovevei Tzion, Author of Autoemancipation	Moses Hess (1812- 1875) Author of "Rome and Jerusalem":	Achad Ha'am (Asher Ginsberg (1856 -1927) Father of Cultural Zionism	Arthur Ruppin (1876-1943) Made practical Zionism possible

Ber Borochov (1881-1917) A founder of Socialist Zionism	A.D. Gordon (1856 1922) Founder of the Labor Zionist Movement	Nachman Syrkin (1868-1924 ) A founder of Socialist Zionism	Theodor Herzl  (1860 -1904) Founder of the Zionist Movement	Zeev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky (1880 - 1940) Founder of the Jewish Legion, the Haganah and the Revisionist party.	Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952) President of the World Zionist Organization; First President of Israel.

David Ben Gurion (1886-1973) Head of the Zionist Executive; First Prime Minister of Israel	Moshe Sharett (Shertok) (1894 - 1965) Second Prime Minister of Israel	Levi Eshkol  (1895-1969) Third Prime Minster of Israel	Golda Meir (Meyerson) (1898-1978) Fourth Prime Minister of Israel	Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) Fifth Prime Minister of Israel	Shimon Peres  (1923- ) Sixth Prime Minister of Israel.

Zionist and Israeli History

General Allenby Enters Jerusalem, 1917	Stockade and Tower Settlement-  set up over night to circumvent Mandatory regulations.	February 22, 1948. British soldiers drive 3 military vehicles carrying explosives to Ben Yehuda Street in central Jerusalem. Explosions leave 52 dead and 123 injured.	Danny Mas Commander of the convoy of 35 (Lamed Heh) sent to rescue Gush Etzion, massacred in January of 1948.

Zionist and Israeli History

 

Exodus, 1947 Holocaust survivor Aliya Bet (illegal immigration) ship turned back by the British, forced to return to Germany	May 28, 1948. Fall of the Jewish quarter of the old city of Jerusalem to the legion. Nissan Beck synagogue is visible in the background.	Gush Etzion - a look out post. Gush Etzion fell on May 15, 1948. 50 soldiers who surrendered were massacred.

Land of Israel-Palestine 1912-Photo Exhibit

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A History of Zionism and the Creation of Israel - A detailed history from the Zionist point of view that discusses and addresses some criticisms of Zionism.

Zionism - Definition and Brief History - A balanced article that covers the definitions and history of Zionism as well as opposition to Zionism and criticisms by Arabs,  Jewish anti-Zionists.

Labor Zionism - Early History and Critique - Contribution of Labor Zionism to the creation of the Jewish state, and problems of Labor Zionism in a changing reality.

The US Library of congress has a comprehensive and balanced set of articles about Zionism:

Zionist Precursors - US Library of Congress

Political Zionism - US Library of Congress

Cultural Zionism - US Library of Congress

Labor Zionism - US Library of Congress

Revisionist Zionism - US Library of Congress

Advocacy

Dvar Dea - Israel & Zionist advocacy

La Bibliothèque Proche Orientale- Le Grand Mufti Husseini

The Grand Mufti Haj Amin El Husseini

Israel-Palestina - (Dutch) Middle East Conflict, Israel, Palestine,Zionism... Israël-Palestina Informatie -gids Israël, Zionisme, Palestijnen en Midden-Oosten conflict... Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a European perspective - Dutch and English.

Zionisme - israelinformatie- Zionisme Israel/Jodendom Israelisch-Palestijns Conflict Anti-Semitisme Shoa - a Dutch Web site with many useful Jewish, Zionism and Israel links (in English too).

ZioNation - Zionism-Israel Web Log    Israel News  Israel: like this, as if Christian Zionism Albert Einstein Bible Palestine Nakba 1948 Israel Independence - Birth of a Nation Six Day War War of Independence History of Zionism Zionism FAQ Zionism Israel Center Maps of Israel Jew Zionism and its Impact Israel Christian Zionism