The remains of the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement, were exhumed yesterday from a grave in Belgrade and will be transferred to Israel in the coming days for reburial on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simon and Rivka Herzl will be buried beside the grave of their grandson during a state ceremony to be held on August 5, exactly 77 years after Herzl’s remains were transferred from Vienna to Jerusalem in 1949 and reburied there. According to announcements, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog will attend the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Theodor Herzl died in 1904 from heart disease and is regarded as the founder of the modern Zionist movement. Numerous monuments and institutions in Israel bear his name, and Mount Herzl is also named after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zionism is a political and national movement that emerged in the late 19th century with the goal of establishing a Jewish state in the historic Land of Israel, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, as a response to the persecution and antisemitism faced by Jewish people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The movement achieved its goal in 1948 with the establishment of the State of Israel. Today, the term Zionism most commonly refers to support for the existence and preservation of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people, although there are various interpretations and political currents within Zionism itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n