Israel was formed on the land of Palestine and intends to evacuate the people of the land today.
Yet, there are some interesting facts behind the creation of Israel on Palestinian lands.
Who was the first advocate for Setting Up of a Jewish State? Well, there are some interesting facts. Actually, the groups advocating the setting up of a Jewish state had first begun popping up around the United States in the 1880s. Thus, it was a beginning of Political Zionism in the United States. So, why it Matters?
Well, there is an equally interesting points to look into. A precursor to the Israeli flag was created in Boston in 1891. In 1887, President Grover Cleveland appointed a Jewish ambassador to present day Turkey which was the seat of the Ottoman Empire and controlled Palestine. It definitely portrays Palestine’s importance to Zionists.
Alison Weir marks that by the early 1890s, organizations promoting Zionism existed in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Boston, Philadelphia, and Cleveland.
Reports from the Zionist World Congress in Basel, which four Americans had attended, gave this movement a major stimulus, galvanizing Zionist activities in American cities that had large Jewish populations.
Consequently, Zionists founded numerous additional societies throughout the East and the Midwest. In 1898, they converged in a first annual conference of American Zionists, held in New York on July 4th. There, they formed the Federation of American Zionists (FAZ).
As we discuss Who was the first advocate for Setting Up of a Jewish State? Well, it was the beginning of the Zionist Movement in the US. Rest of the history is known to everyone. Yet, I discuss the role of Zionists in the United States and how America has been involved in the creation of Israel.
