Until August 29, 1897 in Basel, Switzerland held the first World Zionist Congress, only to end up in the eyes of the Jewish culture of the root - the Palestinians.

直到1897年8月29日在瑞士巴塞尔召开的第一次世界犹太复国主义者代表大会，才将其最终定在犹太人心目中的文化根——巴勒斯坦。

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The visionary Austrian-Jewish journalist, Theodore Herzl, clarified and gave political weight to the concept of Jewish nationalism - or Zionism - and a national home for the Jews in Palestine at the first Zionist Congress at Basle, in Switzerland, in 1897.

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Nevertheless, remarkable progress has been made in the 100 years since Theodor Herzl assembled the first Zionist congress, in the half century since David Ben Gurion inaugurated modern Israel, in the two decades since Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat achieved their breakthrough at Camp David, and even in the four years since former Prime Minister Rabin, Chairman Arafat, and President Clinton met on the White House lawn.

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