Zionism
noun
Zi·on·ism
ˈzī-ə-ˌni-zəm 
: an international movement originally for the establishment of a Jewish national or religious community in Palestine and later for the support of modern Israel
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Zionism
noun
Zi·on·ism
ˈzī-ə-ˌniz-əm
: an international effort working in the beginning for a Jewish homeland and later for the support of Israel
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