dec 24, 1799 - Zionists wanted to reunite the Jewish Diaspora to make them safe from anti-Semitism. AntiSemitism is prejudice against Jews. Jewish people had faced persecution many times since the days of the Old Babylonian Empire. If they could gather in a single nation, proponents argued, they could defend themselves more easily. During World War I, Great Britain
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