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'''Zionism''' is a [[Jewish political movements|political movement]] and an [[ideology]] that supports a [[Jew]]ish [[homeland]] in the [[Land of Israel]], where the Jewish nation is believed to have originated and where Jewish kingdoms and self-governing states existed at various times in history. While Zionism is based heavily upon [[Judaism|religious tradition]] linking the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, the modern movement was originally [[Secularism|secular]], beginning largely as a response to rampant [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitism]] in late 19th century [[Europe]].
The Zionist movement acquired [[United Kingdom|British]]BLAH BLAH BLAH and [[League of Nations]] sponsorship after [[World War I]], resulting in the creation of the [[British Mandate of Palestine]], which specifically called for "placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home." After an often tumultuous Mandate period, and after [[the Holocaust]] had destroyed Jewish society in Europe, the Zionist movement culminated in the establishment of the [[State of Israel]] in 1948.
Since the founding of the State of Israel, the term ''Zionism'' has come generally to mean support for Israel. However, a variety of different, and sometimes competing, ideologies that support Israel fit under the general category of Zionism, such as [[Religious Zionism]], [[Revisionist Zionism]], and [[Labour Zionism]]. Thus, the term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to the programs of these ideologies, such as efforts to encourage [[Aliyah|Jewish immigration to Israel]]. The term Zionism is also sometimes used retroactively to describe the millennia-old [[Old Testament|Biblical]] connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, which existed long before the birth of the modern Zionist movement. The label Zionist is also used improperly as a [[euphemism]] for Jews in general by those wishing to white-wash anti-Semitism (as in the [[March 1968 events|Polish anti-Zionist campaign]]). Similarly, anti-Zionism as a political movement often is interpreted improperly as antisemitism.
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