المنظمة الصهيونية العالمية
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| تأسست | 1897 |
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| المؤسس | تيودور هرتسل ماكس نورداو |
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الأشخاص البارزون | Doron Perez، الرئيس Yaakov Hagoel, chairperson Yaakov Aharoni, director general |
| الموقع الإلكتروني | www |
المنظمة الصهيونية العالمية (إنگليزية: World Zionist Organization واختصارها WZO ؛ بالعبرية: ההסתדרות הציונית העולמית) تأسست تحت اسم المنظمة الصهيونية Zionist Organization (بالعبرية: ההסתדרות הציונית), أو ZO، سنة 1897 في المؤتمر الصهيوني الأول، الذي انعقد في 29 أغسطس 1897 في بازل، سويسرة.[1] عملت المنظمة الصهيونية كمؤسسة خيمة للحركة الصهيونية، التي كانت تهدف لإنشاء الدولة اليهودية لإسرائيل في منطقة ما كان يـُعرف بفلسطين. تيودور هرتسل، بالتعاون مع ماكس نورداو، نظم المؤتمر الأول، كتب لاحقاً في يومياته: "إذا أردت تلخيص المؤتمر في كلمة – سوف أعمل على ألا تـُنشر – فستكون التالي: في بازل أسستُ الدولة اليهودية. لو قلت ذلك على الملأ اليوم فسيضحك عليّ الجميع. ولكن ربما في خمس سنوات، وبالتأكيد في خمسين سنة، سيمكن للجميع رؤيتها."[2]
وعند إعلان تأسيس دولة إسرائيل بعد 51 سنة من تأسيس المنظمة، في 14 مايو 1948، كان العديد من مؤسسات الدولة الإدارية موجوداً بالفعل على الأرض، بنموهالذي تابعته المؤتمرات الصهيونية في العقود السابقة للاستقلال. بعض هذه المؤسسات مازال موجوداً حتى اليوم.
وفي يناير 1960 قامت المنظمة الصهيونية بتغيير اسمها إلى المنظمة الصهيونية العالمية. المقر الرئيسي للمنظمة يقع في القدس.
رؤساء المنظمة الصهيونية العالمية
- تيودور هرتسل : (1897 - 1904)
- ديڤيد ولفسون : (1905 - 1911)
- اوتو ڤاربورگ : (1911 - 1921)
- حاييم وايزمان (1st time) : (1921 - 1931)
- Nahum Sokolow : (1931 - 1935)
- حاييم وايزمان (2nd time) : (1935 - 1946)
- ديڤيد بن گوريون (acting) : (1946 - 1956)
- ناحوم گولدمان : (1956 - 1968) خطأ استشهاد: إغلاق
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- David Ben-Gurion (acting): (1948–1956)
- ناحوم گولدمان: (1956–1968)
- Ehud Avriel: (1968–1972)
- Tova Dorfman: (2023–2025)[3]
- Doron Perez: (2025–present)[4]
الرؤساء التنفيذيون للمنظمة الصهيونية العالمية (والوكالة اليهوية لإسرائيل)
- Ehud Avriel : (1968 - 1972)
- Louis Arie Pincus : (1968 - Oct 1973) , (head of the executive to 1972)
- Arie Leon Dulzin (1st time) (acting) : (Oct 1973 - 1975)
- Pinhas Sapir : (1975 - 12 Aug 1975)
- Arie Leon Dulzin (2nd time) (acting) : (12 Aug 1975 - 6 Jan 1976)
- Joseph Almogi : (6 Jan 1976 - 1978)
- Arie Leon Dulzin (3rd time) : (1978 - Dec 1987)
- Simcha Dinitz : (Dec 1987 - 14 Feb 1994)
- Yehiel Leket (acting) : (Feb 1994 - Feb 1995)
- Avraham Burg : (Feb 1995 - Feb 1999)
- Sallai Meridor : (25 Feb 1999 - 2005 ) , (acting to May 1999)
- Zeev Bielski (2005–2009)
- Avraham Duvdevani (2010–2020)[5]
- Yaakov Hagoel (2020–present), former Vice Chairman & Head of the Department for Activities in Israel & Countering Antisemitism.
In 2009, Natan Sharansky was elected head of the Jewish Agency and Avraham Duvdevani was elected Chairman of the WZO at the 36th Zionist Congress on 15 June 2010.
المنظمات الشقيقة
المؤتمر الصهيوني العالمي
World Zionist Congress, established by Theodor Herzl, is the supreme organ of the World Zionist Organization and its legislative authority. It elects the officers and decides on the policies of the WZO and the Jewish Agency.[6] The first World Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897.
التمويل
Almost all (98%) of the WZO's funding comes from the Jewish National Fund which owns 13% of land in Israel and receives when the Israel Land Authority rents out or sells property for residential or commercial use. In 2025, the WZO's budget was projected to grow from $60 million to $100 million within a few years.[7]
برنامج القدس
The platform of the WZO is the Jerusalem Program. The Zionist Council, meeting in Jerusalem in June 2004, adopted this text.[8]
"Zionism, the national 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 foundations of Zionism are:
- The unity of the Jewish people, its bond to its historic homeland Eretz Yisrael, and the centrality of the State of Israel and Jerusalem, its capital, in the life of the nation;
- Aliyah to Israel from all countries and the effective integration of all immigrants into Israeli Society.
- Strengthening Israel as a Jewish, Zionist 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, striving for peace and contributing to the betterment of the world.
- 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;
- Settling the country as an expression of practical Zionism."
The text was later amended in February 2024,[9] adding an extra bullet point:
- ”Encouraging recruitment and service in the Israel Defense Forces and the security forces and strengthening them as the protective force of the Jewish people living in Zion, as well as encouraging full National Service for anyone exempted in law from service in the IDF.”
المشاريع والمبادرات
The World Zionist Organization is made up of several departments.[10] The Department of Diaspora Affairs aims to build bridges between Jews everywhere and strengthen Zionist identity among young Jews.[11]
The Department of Aliyah Promotion aims to motivate and assist Jews in the process of immigration to Israel, awaken an interest in learning Hebrew and strengthen ties between the Jewish Diaspora and the State of Israel.[12][13]
The Department of Activities in Israel and Countering Antisemitism seeks to strengthen Jewish Zionist identity among Israelis and combat antisemitism.[14]
The Department of Education works to bolster Jewish-Zionist identity and the connection to the State of Israel and the Diaspora through the Hebrew language and educational content in the formal and informal education systems in Israel and the Diaspora.[15]
جائزة هرتسل
Since 2004, Department for Zionist Activities of the World Zionist Organization bestows the annual Herzl Award for recognition of exceptional volunteer efforts on behalf of Israel and the Zionist cause.[16]
جدل
A document brought before Israel's Supreme Court in 2009 showed that private Palestinian land was taken and given to Israeli settlers by the World Zionist Organization. The land in question had been ruled off-limits by Israel. The World Zionist Organization had been acting as an agent of the government in assigning land to Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied territories. The Israeli government, to avoid responsibilities under international law, used the World Zionist Organization to settle its citizens in the territory occupied in 1967. The document concerns several homes in the Israeli settlement of Ofra, approximately 15 miles north of Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Israeli Justice Ministry confirmed that the land in question was owned by Palestinians and that the nine houses in question had been ordered demolished. Dror Etkes of Yesh Din said "It's an international organization that is, simply put, stealing land."[17]
In May 2022, activists of the World Zionist Organization disrupted a service of about 150 members of the Women of the Wall at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. A group of 1000 ultra-orthodox girls had been bussed in by the WZO. They attacked the Women of the Wall, taunting, shoving and spitting on them, while some waved WZO flags.[18][19] The Board of Deputies of British Jews sent an open letter to the WZO demanding an "explanation and calling for urgent remedial action" over the violent harassment.[20]
Patronage and nepotism
Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid announced in November 2025 that his Yesh Atid party was pulling out of the WZO due to corruption, patronage, and cronyism, saying “We came to politics to fight corruption, not to join the job arrangements of the Netanyahu and Deri families.” Lapid made his announcement after an attempt to name Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a senior post, equivalent to a cabinet minister, and reports that another senior position was being reserved for Shlomo Deri, brother of Shas leader Aryeh Deri, as part of an agreement to divide up 146 senior positions, including 21 department heads, among the World Zionist Congress' political factions. According to a report in YNet, a WZO official described this as “professional jobs filled with unqualified people through fictitious tenders".[7]
وصلات خارجية
- National Association for the Advocacy of Modern Zionism
- WZO - Doing Zionism
- The WZO Hagshama Department (formerly the Student Department)
المصادر
- ^ انظر Chapter 2: The Seven Years of Herzl of Zionism – The First 120 Years by the Jewish Agency.
- ^ The Diaries of Theodor Herzl, ed. and trsl. Marvin Lowenthal, London, 1958, p. 220 as quoted in Gideon Shimoni: Historiographical Issues in Conveying Herzl’s Legacy.
- ^ "President of the World Zionist Organization". wzo.org.il. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
- ^ Starr, Michael (23 November 2025). "WZO adopts new coalition agreement, Perez as president, Hagoel as chair". The Jerusalem Post (in الإنجليزية). Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ^ Gur, Haviv Rettig (June 16, 2010). "WZO gets 1st religious-Zionist chairman". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Zionist Congress". World Zionist Organization. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 Feb 2015.
- ^ أ ب "How the World Zionist Congress became a web of patronage and nepotism". YNet. November 6, 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
- ^ "Jerusalem Program 2004". Wzo.org.il. Archived from the original on July 7, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "The Jerusalem Program". American Zionist Movement (in الإنجليزية الأمريكية). 2025-03-19. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
- ^ "Meet the World Zionist Organization department heads". The Jerusalem Post (in الإنجليزية). 2020-10-14. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Department of Diaspora Affairs". World Zionist Organization. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "Aliyah Promotion Unit". World Zionist Organization. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "WZO: Promoting aliyah through the Hebrew language". The Jerusalem Post (in الإنجليزية). 2020-09-25. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Activities in Israel and Countering Antisemitism Unit". World Zionist Organization. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "Department of Education". World Zionist Organization. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "The Herzl Award 2004-2005". Wzo.org.il. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ Teibel, Amy (21 June 2009). "Lawsuit brings murky West Bank land deals to light". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2011-03-13.
- ^ Maltz, Judy (May 2, 2022). "Women of the Wall Attacked at Event Organized by World Zionist Organization". Haaretz.
- ^ Klein, Zvika (May 2, 2022). "Backlash against Women of the Wall prayer sparks Western Wall tensions". Jerusalem Post.
- ^ Harpin, Lee (May 10, 2022). "Board of Deputies anger over 'disturbing harassment' of women at Western Wall". Jewish News.

