CIAO DATE: 03/2015
January 2015
Foreign Policy Research Institute
One of the key forces in shaping the history of Palestine was the Zionist movement. This movement emerged from and is rooted in political developments in Europe, but it changed and developed as it evolved from a political movement in Europe to a settlement and nation-building project in Palestine. Thus, we need to step outside the physical context of the Middle East to understand a force that ultimately changed the Middle East.
Resource link: Origins and Evolution of Zionism · [PDF] - 270K