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OCR: Zioni ism movement that advocates the return of the Jews their ancient home iand in Palestine now Israel began in the iate i9th century when Austrian Jewish journalist Theodo Herzl 1860 -1904 argued that since persistent antisemitism made it impossible for Jews t accepted in Christian Europe they needed a homeland of their own in Palestine. Prior to 1914. Zionist groups settled 06 000 European Jews in Palestine. the 1917 Balfour Deciaration, the British government, then controlling Paiestine, supported the idea Jewish homei and there, and settiement Ievels increased. 1933, there were around 238 ,000 Jews in Paiestine. With the spread of Nazi persecution of Jews across Europe support of Zionism increased After the war the revelation of Nazi atrocities against the Jews prompted international ...