On July 6, 1896, Theodor Herzl presented his vision in a speech to the Maccabim Club in London. “The Jews want a state of their own,” he said. “In which they finally can live as a free people.” Establishing a state was vital in order “to finally guarantee [the Jews] that they will never again be persecuted for religious or nationalistic reasons… We have a right,” Herzl said in London, “at least as much as anyone else to demand a country for our national existence. Read More