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The First Zionist Congress (Hebrew: הקונגרס הציוני הראשון) is the name given to the congress held in Basel (Basle), Switzerland, from August 29 to August 31 1897. It was the first congress of the Zionist Organization (ZO) (to become the World Zionist Organization (WZO) in 1960). It was called for The Congress took place in the concert hall of the Basel Municipal Casino on August 29, 1897.

Congress

Herzl acted as chairperson of the Congress which was attended by some 200 participants from seventeen countries, 69 of whom were delegates from various Zionist societies and the remainder were individual invitees.

Aftermath

The First Zionist Congress is credited for the following achievements:

The formulation of the Zionist platform (the Basel Program)
The foundation of the World Zionist Organization
The adoption of Hatikvah as its anthem
The absorption of most of the Hibbat Zion societies
The suggestion for the establishment of a people's bank
The election of Herzl as President of the Zionist Organization and Max Nordau one of three Vice-Presidents.

In Herzl's diary he wrote: For the Fifth Zionist Congress, the Jewish National Fund was founded for the purchase of land in the Land of Israel and later the Zionist Commission was founded with subsidiary societies for the study and improvement of the social and economic condition of the Jews within the Land of Israel.
Thereafter, the Zionist Congress met every year (1897-1901), then every second year (1903-1913, 1921-1939). Since the Second World War, meetings have been held approximately every four years and since the creation of the State of Israel, the Congress has been held in Jerusalem.

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