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The Opportunists were divided into two groups--the followers of
Zangwill who urged immediate colonization anywhere, and the Ziyyone
Zionists (Zionists toward Zion) who favored immediate settlement in
Palestine. The first party broke from the Zionist movement at the
Seventh Congress, instituted the Jewish Territorial Organization
(ITO), and have vainly devoted their energies toward securing lands in
North, East, and West Africa, Mesapotamia, and Australia.[17] The
Ziyyone Zionists, however, possess the controlling vote, and in the
last Congress (1913) annulled the Basel program, temporarily at least,
by securing from the Congress a recognition of the work of settlement
in Palestine as the primary task.[18]
Socialistic Zionism is represented by the Po'ale Zion, a small but
vigorous group, who are endeavoring to secure at least the adoption of
the communistic ownership of land in the pursuance of the Opportunist
program.
Dr. Franz Oppenheimer, lecturer in economics at the University of
Berlin, has recently issued a pamphlet disclosing the success of the
Merchavia Colony, a co-operative settlement near Nazareth, and
demonstrating that the only practical method of achieving large-scale
colonization is by this means.[19]
Strong in numbers and in influence, the Mizrachi party represents the
orthodox wing of Jewry, who "believe a faithful adherence to the Torah
and Tradition in all matters pertaining to Jewish life constitute the
duty of the Jewish people."[20] In the assemblage of futurists, the
Mizrachi stands as the spirit of the past, to whom all plans must be
justified, and whose power has its source in the religious fervor of
the majority of eastern Jews.
Finally, the Cultural Zionists may be said to find representation in
all parties, for the furtherance of spirituality is inseparably bound
up in the aims of every Zionist.
_The Financial Institutions of Zionism_
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