>Herzl’s zionism is simply a belief that Jewish people should buy land and live in their ancestral homeland. Right... "We shall try to spirit the penniless [A

>Herzl’s zionism is simply a belief that Jewish people should buy land and live in their ancestral homeland. Right... "We shall try to spirit the penniless [Arab] population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our country ... The removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly." - diaryentry from Herzl's diary 1895 > He wasn’t orthodox, didn’t believe God promised anything to anyone Back then, most of the Orthodox were anti-zionists. I dont know why you brought up Herzl anyway, since he died in 1905 and was not as representative of the modern state of Israel as compared to its other founders like David Ben-Gurion, David Ben-Gurion, and Yitzhak Shamir. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/03/israel1 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/oct/03/israel1