As a systematic political movement, Zionism was founded by Theodor Herzl in the 1890s. The Hibbat Zion movement rapidly expanded among Jews in Europe and other places, playing a significant role in laying the groundwork for the Zionist movement.
Observing the increasing anti-Semitism in Europe, Herzl believed that Jews, as often marginalized minorities, could not assimilate into the societies of the countries they lived in.
Dedicating himself to the Jewish cause, Herzl wrote a book titled "Der Judenstaat," proposing the idea of a state for Jews.
Although met with different reactions among Jews, this idea soon became a foundation for the institutionalized Zionist movement with the goal of the return of Jews from the diaspora to the "holy lands" and the establishment of a "Jewish homeland in Palestine."
Following the campaigns written under the slogan "A homeland without a people for a people without a homeland," a massive Jewish migration to historic Palestinian lands began after the letter, leading to the displacement of approximately 957,000 Palestinians from historical villages and cities by armed Zionist gangs in 1948, intensifying the occupation process.
With the establishment of Israel, the Arab-Israeli Wars began. After the war, the West Bank was occupied by Jordan, the Gaza Strip by Egypt, and the remaining territories by Israel. Naturally, the Palestinian people suffered, and both neighboring Arab countries and Israel benefitted from this situation.