World Zionist Organization

The World Zionist Organization ( Hebrew הָהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית ha-Histadrūt ha-Zijjōnīt ha-ʿŌlamīt , English World Zionist Organization , WZO ) was founded at the initiative of Theodor Herzl in 1897 by the first Zionist Congress in the Basel city casino . In the Basel program , the first Zionist Congress demanded: " Zionism is striving to create a homestead protected by public law for those Jews who cannot or do not want to assimilate where they currently live."

Tel Aviv: Ha-Sochnut from the intersection of Rechov Kaplan with Rechov da Vinci , 2008

Ha-Sochnut administrative seat

The head office, officially Bejt ha-Histadrūt ha-Zijjōnīt ha-ʿŌlamīt (בֵית הָהִסְתַּדְּרוּת הַצִּיּוֹנִית הָעוֹלָמִית House of the World Zionist Organization ), but commonly known as Binjan ha-Sochnut or Bejt ha-Sochnut (בִּנְיָן הַסּוֹכְנוּתִ or. בֵית הַסּוֹכְנוּתִ Building or house of the agency ) or called ha-Sochnut for short , is located in Tel Aviv-Jaffa on the northern side of the Rechov Kaplan between Rechov Dubnow and Rechov da Vinci , a district that until 1943 belonged to the western field region of Saronas . Benjamin Idelson and Arieh Sharon built the current headquarters of the World Zionist Organization between 1961 and 1965.

President

1897–1904: Theodor Herzl
1905–1911: David Wolffsohn
1911–1920: Otto Warburg
1921–1931: Chaim Weizmann
1931–1935: Nachum Sokolow
1935–1946: Chaim Weizmann
1946–1956: vacant office
1956–1968: Nahum Goldmann
1968-1972: Ehud Avriel

Executive chairwoman of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Israel

1963-1968: Simon Greenberg
1968–1973: Louis Arie Pincus
1972-1978: Yitzhak Navon
1973-1975: Aryeh Dolchin
1975-1975: Pinhas Sapir
1975-1976: Aryeh Dolchin
1976-1978: Yosef Almogi
1978-1987: Aryeh Dolchin
1987–1994: Simcha Dinitz
1994-1995: Yehiel Leket
1995–1999: Avraham Burg
1999-2005: Sallai Meridor
2005–2009: Zeev Bielski
since 2010: Avraham Duvdevani

Central organ Haolam

From 1907 to 1950 (with minor interruptions) the World Zionist Organization published the weekly Haolam (הָעוֹלָם ha-ʿŌlam , German 'Die Welt' ) as its central organ. It first appeared in Cologne, then in various European publishing locations.

today

Today the WCO meets in Jerusalem every 4 to 5 years. Today only organizations that work for Israeli citizens can participate. The political direction does not matter.

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Theodor Herzl: Collected Zionist Works , Volume 1, Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1934, p. 189.
↑ In Jerusalem, however, there is also a building which is commonly called ha-Sochnut , but officially Bejt ha-Mossadot ha-Le'umijjim (בֵית הַמּוֹסָדוֹת הלְאוּמִיִּים House of National Institutions ) is called because ha-Sochnut ha-Jehudit le-Eretz Jisra'el (הַסּוֹכְנוּתִ היְּהוּדִית לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל [the] Jewish Agency for Israel ) as one of these institutions has its seat there.

[1] Theodor Herzl: Collected Zionist Works , Volume 1, Berlin: Jüdischer Verlag, 1934, p. 189.

[2] In Jerusalem, however, there is also a building which is commonly called ha-Sochnut , but officially Bejt ha-Mossadot ha-Le'umijjim (בֵית הַמּוֹסָדוֹת הלְאוּמִיִּים House of National Institutions ) is called because ha-Sochnut ha-Jehudit le-Eretz Jisra'el (הַסּוֹכְנוּתִ היְּהוּדִית לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל [the] Jewish Agency for Israel ) as one of these institutions has its seat there.