Homeland for the Jewish people

The term " Jewish state " is sometimes used to describe the State of Israel and refers to its status as a nation-state for the Jewish people. This concept of an ethnic Jewish homeland is enshrined in Israeli national policy and reflected in many of Israel's public institutions. The concept was codified in the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948 as well as in the Law of Return , which was passed by the Knesset on 5 July 1950 , and stated "Every Jew has the right to come to this country as an oleh," an "oleh" being an immigrant Jew [1] . This is intended to make citizenship easier to acquire for Jews.

Jews in search of a homeland, aboard the SS Exodus A homeland for the Jewish people was an idea that rose to the fore in the 19th century in the wake of growing anti-Semitism and Jewish assimilation . Jewish emancipation in Europe paved the way for two ideological solutions to the Jewish Question : cultural assimilation, as envisaged by Moses Mendelssohn , and Zionism, promoted by Theodore Herzl . In the late 19th century, Herzl, later hailed as the founding father of the State of Israel , set out his vision of a Jewish state and homeland for the Jewish people in his book Der Judenstaat . In the Balfour Declaration of 1917 , Great Britain became the first world power to endorse the establishment in Palestine of a "national home for the Jewish people." The British government confirmed this commitment by accepting the British Mandate for Palestine in 1922. In 1948, the State of Israel was established as a Jewish state.

A homeland for the Jewish people is an idea rooted in Jewish culture and religion. In the early 19th century, the Napoleonic Wars led to the idea of Jewish emancipation . This unleashed a number of religious and secular cultural streams and political philosophies among the Jews in Europe, covering everything from Marxism to Chassidism. Among these movements was Zionism as promoted by Theodore Herzl . In the late 19th century, Herzl set out his vision of a Jewish state and homeland for the Jewish people in his book Der Judenstaat . Herzl was later hailed by the Zionist political parties as the founding father of the State of Israel . In the Balfour Declaration of 1917 , the United Kingdom became the first world power to endorse the establishment in Palestine of a "national home for the Jewish people." The British government confirmed this commitment by accepting the British Mandate for Palestine in 1922 (along with their colonial control of the Pirate Coast , Southern Coast of Persia , Iraq and from 1922 a separate area called Transjordan , all of the Middle-Eastern territory except the French territory ). The European powers mandated the creation of a Jewish homeland at the San Remo conference of 19–26 April 1920. In 1948, the State of Israel was established. "Rights and obligations" . ynet . Sovereignty over the old city of Jerusalem: a study of the historical, religious, political and legal aspects of the question of the old city: Gauthier, Jacques Paul – Genève : Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales, 2007. 1142 pp.

Idea rooted in Jewish history, religion and culture For the ongoing debate as to the nature of the State of Israel, see Jewish state . A homeland for the Jewish people is an idea rooted in Jewish history, religion, and culture. The Jewish aspiration to return to Zion , generally associated with divine redemption, has suffused Jewish religious thought since the destruction of the First Temple and the Babylonian exile . The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion .

Idea rooted in Jewish history, religion and culture For the ongoing debate as to the nature of the State of Israel, see Jewish state . The Jewish aspiration to return to Zion , generally associated with divine redemption , has suffused Jewish religious thought since the destruction of the First Temple and the Babylonian exile . The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion .