feb 1, 1896 - Feb 1896: Herzl publishes "Der Judenstaat"

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Herzl called for the creation of a Jewish state and an organization that would bring Jews there. He also called for the Jews to lobby with world powers to grant Jews “a charter to have our state.”

Political Zionism: Somebody outside the Jewish people had to grant them the right to have a country. Began with Herzl.

Practical Zionism: “It matters not what the Gentiles say. It only matters what the Jews do.” Palestine would become Jewish if enough Jews went there and started developing the land. It was not dependent upon having a charter.

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