Zionist Organizations

A Zionist Congress was held in London in July 1920. One of its objectives was to establish Keren Hayesod (the National United Appeal Fund) as a mechanism for raising funds from Jewish communities worldwide.

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) was the land acquisition and management arm of the World Zionist Organization. It was established at the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 to address the issue of land acquisition. It remains active today and is registered in New York as a tax-exempt organization. The JNF raised donations worldwide to finance the purchase of land in Palestine. In 1902, it received its first parcel of land as a donation from a Russian Jewish Zionist landowner. In th

Based on Article 4 of the Mandate Charter, the British government appointed the executive body of the Zionist Organization in Palestine to serve as the “Jewish Agency” in 1921. It was the body responsible for providing “advice and cooperation” to Britain on all matters contributing to the establishment of the Jewish national home and the preservation of the interests of the Jewish population in Palestine. The Jewish Agency was expanded in 1929 to include representatives of no

The World Zionist Organization (WZO) was established based on the resolutions of the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897, serving as the overarching framework that brought together the Zionist movement and advanced its interests. During the period before 1948, the Zionist Organization was the most important and effective body of the global Zionist movement. It served as an umbrella organization bringing together activists who were ideologically diverse and geographically