Cionizam je jevrejski nacionalni pokret koji je za cilj imao stvaranje i podršku jevrejske nacionalne države u Palestini, drevnoj domovini Jevreja (hebrejski: Erec Iisraʾel, „Zemlja Izraela“). Iako je cionizam nastao u istočnoj i centralnoj Evropi u drugoj polovini 19. veka, on je na mnogo načina nastavak drevne vezanosti Jevreja i jevrejske religije za istorijsku oblast Palestine, gde se nalazi jedno od brda starog Jerusalima koje se naziva Cion.

[Zionism is a Jewish national movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisraʾel, “the Land of Israel”). Though Zionism originated in eastern and central Europe in the latter part of the 19th century, it is in many ways a continuation of the ancient attachment of the Jews and the Jewish religion to the historical region of Palestine, where one of the hills of ancient Jerusalem was called Zion].

Source: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Zionism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Jun 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zionism