At the first Zionist Congress in 1897, delegates agreed to pursue the colonization of Palestine. But at the Sixth Zionist Congress in 1903, Theodor Herzl presented a proposal for a colony in East Africa – he presented it as a mere stepping stone to Zion, but it caused bitter divisions among the delegates. We tell … Continue reading "Scramble for Africa 11: Theodore Herzl, the Uganda Plan, and the Zionist Scramble for East Africa"