FACT CHECK · ZIONISM
Claim: "I never heard the word Zionist before this app"
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Zionism: the movement for a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel, central to Jewish history. The word dates to 1890 (Nathan Birnbaum). It grew from antisemitism in Europe and built Israel in 1948.
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