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{{Short description|Ideological platform of the Zionist movement}}

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[[Image:The "Basel Program" at the First Zionist Congress in 1897.jpg|thumb|200px|The original "Basel Program", as agreed at the conference. The indicated amendment changes "by law" to "by public law".]]

The '''Basel Program''' was the first [[manifesto]] of the [[Zionism|Zionist movement]], drafted between 27 and 30 August 1897 and adopted unanimously at the [[First Zionist Congress]] in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]] on 30 August 1897.

In 1951, it was replaced by the [[Jerusalem Program]].

==History==

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==Goals==

The program set out the goals of the Zionist movement as follows:<ref name=Protocols>[https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/cm/periodical/titleinfo/3476255 Zionisten-Congress in Basel], Officielles Protocoll, 1898, pp114–119pp. 114–119.</ref>

{{Cquote|Zionism seeks to establish a home in Palestine for the Jewish people, secured under public law.<ref>"Der Zionismus erstrebt für das jüdische Volk die Schaffung einer öffentlich-rechtlich gesicherten Heimstätte in Palästina." The original proposal had "rechtlich" rather than "öffentlich-rechtlich" but was altered during the Congress.</ref>