<p>Explaining the most misunderstood ideas and people in politics.</p><p>In another two-parter, <a href="https://twitter.com/Dorianlynskey">Dorian Lynskey </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/IanDunt">Ian Dunt</a> break down the long thorny history of <strong>Zionism.</strong> </p><p>In part one, covering the 1890s to the 1930s, they explain how Theodor Herzl single handedly created a movement for a Jewish nation, Chaim Weizmann won over Churchill and Balfour, and Ze’ev Jabotinsky sowed the seeds of Likud. Utopian dreams wrestle with hard-nosed pragmatism as the Zionists clash with the world’s great powers, and each other, about what a Jewish nation should be. </p><p><br></p><p>Hear Part Two right now when you support Origin Story on Patreon: <a href="www.Patreon.com/originstorypod">www.Patreon.com/originstorypod</a> </p><p><br></p><ul> <li> <em>“Herzl didn’t see the Holocaust coming but he was a realist about the durability of antisemitism.” —</em><strong><em> Dorian Lynskey</em></strong> </li> <li> <em>It’s a very communistic, very socialistic, very politically radical community that ends up in Palestine.” —</em><strong><em> Ian Dunt</em></strong> </li> <li> <em>“At the time of Herzl’s death, only about one per cent of the world’s Jews were Zionists.” — </em><strong><em>Dorian Lynskey</em></strong> </li> </ul><p><br></p><p><u>Reading list:</u></p><p>Steven Beller – Herzl</p><p>Lenni Brenner – Zionism in the Age of Dictators</p><p>Walter Laqueur – A History of Zionism</p><p>Alex Ryvchin – Zionism: The Concise History</p><p>Avi Shlaim – The Iron Wall</p><p>Michael Stanislawski – Zionism: A Very Short Introduction</p><p>Melvin J. Urofsky – American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust</p><p>Jeff Walker – The Revisionists and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism</p><p>Geoffrey Wheatcroft – Churchill’s Shadow</p><p>Paul Bogdanor’s critique of Lenni Brenner:</p><p><a href="https://fathomjournal.org/an-antisemitic-hoax-lenni-brenner-on-zionist-collaboration-with-the-nazis/">https://fathomjournal.org/an-antisemitic-hoax-lenni-brenner-on-zionist-collaboration-with-the-nazis/</a></p><p>The Making of Modern Zionism: The Intellectual Origins of the Jewish State, by Shlomo Avineri</p><p><br></p><p><em>Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production and music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Lead Producer is Anne-Marie Luff. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. </em><strong><em>Origin Story is a Podmasters production.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/OriginStorycast">https://twitter.com/OriginStorycast</a> </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>