The Zionist movement is described as pursuing a dream since which historical event?

• A. The invention of writing
• B. Destruction of the Second Temple and the end of Palestine in 70 C.E.
• C. The founding of the United Nations
• D. The discovery of America

Answer: (B)

The Zionist movement centers on the long-standing longing for a Jewish homeland in the land of Israel. That aspiration has deep roots that go back to the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, after which Jews lived in diaspora and maintained prayers and hopes to return to Zion and rebuild. Modern Zionism revived that centuries-old dream as a political project to establish a Jewish state in Palestine. The other events—writing, the founding of the United Nations, or the discovery of America—do not mark the origin of this enduring longing.