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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jerusalem_Program > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jerusalem_Program.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Program > Source revision: 1304649773 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{pp|small=yes}} {{Short description|Ideological platform of the Zionist Movement}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2024}} The '''Jerusalem Program''' ({{langx|he|תוכנית ירושלים}}) is the ideological platform of the [Zionist Movement](/source/Zionist_Movement), and was initially adopted in 1951 at the 23rd [World Zionist Congress](/source/World_Zionist_Congress) to replace the [Basel Program](/source/Basel_Program).{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/first-zionist-congress-and-basel-program-1897|title=First Zionist Congress & Basel Program (1897)|website=jewishvirtuallibrary.org|access-date=October 14, 2019}} The Jerusalem Program differed from the original Basel Program in that it shifted the goals of the Zionist Movement once the [State of Israel](/source/State_of_Israel) was already established. == The 1951 Jerusalem Program == The 1951 Jerusalem Program stated that:{{Cite web |title=Zionist Congresses in Israel (1951-2003) |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/zionist-congresses-in-israel-1951-2003 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}} The task of Zionism is the consolidation of the [State of Israel](/source/State_of_Israel), the [in gathering of exiles](/source/Gathering_of_Israel) in [Eretz Israel](/source/Eretz_Israel), and the fostering of the unity of the Jewish people. The program of work of the [World Zionist Organization](/source/World_Zionist_Organization) is: #Encouragement of immigration, absorption and integration of immigrants; support of [Youth Aliyah](/source/Youth_Aliyah); stimulation of agricultural settlement and economic development; acquisition of land as the property of the people. #Intensive work for [halutziut](/source/HeHalutz) (pioneering) and [hachsharah](/source/Hakhshara) (training for halutziut). #Concerted effort to harness funds in order to carry out the tasks of Zionism. #Encouragement of private capital investment. #Fostering of Jewish consciousness by propagating the Zionist idea and strengthening the Zionist Movement; imparting the values of [Judaism](/source/Judaism); Hebrew education and spreading the [Hebrew language](/source/Hebrew_language). #Mobilization of world public opinion for Israel and [Zionism](/source/Zionism). #Participation in efforts to organize and intensify Jewish life on democratic foundations, maintenance and defense of Jewish rights. ==Revisions (1968, 2004, 2024)== The Jerusalem program was revised by the 27th [Zionist Congress](/source/Zionist_Congress) in 1968, thereafter at the meeting of the [Zionist General Council](/source/Zionist_General_Council) in 2004, and most recently in 2024.{{Cite web |url=http://www.doingzionism.org.il/resources/view.asp?id=1717 |title=Doing Zionism - Herzl's Unfinished Business |access-date=2011-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002120556/http://www.doingzionism.org.il/resources/view.asp?id=1717 |archive-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=The Jerusalem Program |url=https://azm.org/wzo/jerusalem-program/ |website=American Zionist Movement |publisher=American Zionist Movement |access-date=5 March 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250305063903/https://azm.org/wzo/jerusalem-program/ |archive-date=5 March 2025 |date=February 2024}} Zionism, the national [liberation movement](/source/liberation_movement) of the Jewish people, brought about the establishment of the State of Israel, and views a Jewish, Zionist, democratic and secure State of Israel to be the expression of the common responsibility of the Jewish people for its continuity and future. The Jerusalem Program's foundations of Zionism are: #The unity of the Jewish people, its bond to its historic homeland, the [Land of Israel](/source/Land_of_Israel), and the centrality of the State of Israel and Jerusalem, its capital, in the life of the nation; #[Aliyah](/source/Aliyah) (emigration) to Israel from all countries and the effective integration of all immigrants into Israeli society. #Strengthening Israel as a [Jewish, Zionist and democratic state](/source/Jewish_and_democratic_state) and shaping it as an exemplary society with a unique moral and spiritual character, marked by mutual respect for the multi-faceted Jewish people, rooted in the vision of the [prophets](/source/Prophets_in_Judaism), striving for peace and contributing to the [betterment of the world](/source/Tikkun_olam). #Ensuring the future and the distinctiveness of the Jewish people by furthering Jewish, Hebrew and Zionist education, fostering spiritual and cultural values and teaching Hebrew as the national language; #Nurturing mutual Jewish responsibility, defending the rights of Jews as individuals and as a nation, representing the national Zionist interests of the Jewish people, and struggling against all manifestations of [anti-Semitism](/source/anti-Semitism); #Settling the country as an expression of [practical Zionism](/source/practical_Zionism); #Encouraging [recruitment and service](/source/Conscription_in_Israel) in the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) and the security forces and strengthening them as the protective force of the Jewish people living in [Zion](/source/Zion), as well as encouraging full [National Service](/source/Sherut_Leumi) for anyone exempted in law from service in the IDF. == References == {{Reflist}} Category:History of Zionism Category:1951 documents Category:1951 in Israel Category:1951 in Judaism Category:Jews and Judaism in Jerusalem --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jerusalem Program](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Program) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Program?action=history)). 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