Zionist Organization
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- The World Zionist Organization was founded at the initiative of Theodore Herzl at the First Zionist Congress which took place in August 1897 in Basle, Switzerland ( (World Zionist Organization, viewed 23 Sept 2016) )
- Its Palestine Executive. Financial report... 1927(name not given)
- Enc. Judaica, 1971:vol. 16, col. 1100 (new official name, World Zionist Organization, introduced in 1960, although traditional name, Zionist Organization, still more frequently used)
- Enc. of Zionism and Israel, 1971:p. 1234 (orig. known as the Zionist Organization, it came to be called the World Zionist Organization in 1960)
- LC data base, 8-25-86(hdg.: World Zionist Organization; valid earlier name: Zionist Organisation; variants: Zionistische Organisation; Zionistisches Zentralbüro; Tsiyonistishe organizatsye; Histadrut ha-Tsiyonit est. in 1897)
- Its La sede nazionale ebraica in Palestina, 1924:t.p. (Organizzazione sionistica)
- The Mandate for Palestine, July 1922:t.p. (l'Organisation sioniste)
Wikipedia description:
The World Zionist Organization (Hebrew: הַהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית, romanized: HaHistadrut HaTzionit Ha'Olamit), or WZO, is a non-governmental organization that promotes Zionism. It was founded as the Zionist Organization (ZO; 1897–1960) at the initiative of Theodor Herzl at the First Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel at the Stadtcasino Basel, Switzerland. The goals of the Zionist movement were set out in the Basel Program. Operating under the aegis of the WZO are organizations that define themselves as Zionist, such as WIZO, Hadassah, B'nai B'rith, Maccabi, the International Sephardic Federation, the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS), and more. The Jewish Agency for Israel is a parallel organization, with goals, attributes and leadership closely intertwined with those of the Zionist Organization during the years before the establishment of the State of Israel, and to varying degrees after that. Significant changes to the statutes of both organizations occurred in 1952, 1970 and 1979.
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