ThE rIsE oF zIoNiSm by Esther Fishbein and Jamie Sak

The Zionist movement was founded in the late 19th century by secular Jews. The term "Zionism" was coined in 1891 by the Austrian publicist Nathan Birnbaum. The Zionist Movement was a direct form of resistance to the foreign rule placed upon them in their country of residence. Zionists sought to unify all Jews under one government in one land. In a less common usage sense its non political and political support of the state of Israel by non Jewish people. The idea of Zionism is based on the long connection between Jewish people and its land. After four years of fighting the Romans burned down the Jewish temple to the ground. The only remnent of the temple was the western wall. Zionism represents itself as a political movement.