What Is Zionism?

Zionism started in Europe in 19th century as a political movement spearheaded by the Jewish people to facilitate the re-establishment of the land of Israel. The movement was a product of reactions against the exclusionary and anti-sematic initiatives in Europe. Zionism had defined roles that comprises of restorations of Jewish sovereignty in Israel, rescue of the exiles from any form of oppressions, and to deliver the Jews from the discriminations from anti-Semitic and persecutions in exiles (Avineri, 2012). Zionism did not end when the state of Israel was reinstated but it continued to counter the threats against the existence of the Israelites. The movement required the Israelites to uphold their identies and to return to their original homeland
The movement intended to recollect the Jews people who were spread in different nations. The life of the Jewish people was full of persecutions and rejections in Diaspora. Majority of the Jewish followers believed that the life of people in Diaspora was difficult both for the development of the individual life and the entire nation. The Jews believed in freedom and did not entertain products of oppressions (Shohat,2008). For example, they rejected to speak Yiddish language, which according to them was a product of European persecutions. They preferred a Semitic language, which was believed to have developed environs of freedom during the era of Judah. The selections of language for usage reveal how the people were bitter and fed up with the oppressions and persecutions in
The Jews ewe many things to the land of Israel because their political, religious and spiritual foundations has roots there. It is from the land they had initially formed a government, established their unique cultures, and shaped the history of the Israel. Despites the tyrannical force that made them to life part of their life in exile, they had hoped to return to their land. Despite the unpredicted dispersion various nations, they did not abandoned their faith and the power of prayer. There hope and believe in the possibility of return from exile lead to the restoration of political freedom in the end. Notably, the Jews had not lived in their land for ages (Sizer 2004). However, Jews who had scattered in Diaspora believed that the land of Israel was the land that God had promised them. The genesis of the life in exile was the Babylonians and the Roman empires that caused the evictions of the Jews from their ancestral land. The life in exile marked the beginning of the anti-Semitism and the persecutions of the Jewish people. The Jews had no option but to live their homeland for exile for unknown durations. Notably, the Jews had the faith in the promises from God, in the Quran and the Bible that they will one-day return to the promise land. The Judaism religion was instrumental during the 19th in making Zionism Popular especially in Europe where persecutions