A movement to reestablish the [[Israel|Jewish state]] in the British Mandate of [[Palestine]]. The movement was started in the late 1800's by [[Theodor Herzl]], and in 1948 the modern state of [[Israel]] was established on a piece of land granted by the [[United Nations]] with the support of [[Great Britain]], the nation which had formerly controlled the land. | A movement to reestablish the [[Israel|Jewish state]] in the British Mandate of [[Palestine]]. The movement was started in the late 1800's by [[Theodor Herzl]], and in 1948 the modern state of [[Israel]] was established on a piece of land granted by the [[United Nations]] with the support of [[Great Britain]], the nation which had formerly controlled the land. |