"The movement towards the organization of the State I am proposing would [lead to a situation in which] the present anti-Semitism would have been stopped for ever...
"The departure of the Jews [for the new State] will involve no economic disturbances... and its initial movement will put an end to anti-Semitism. The Jews will leave as honored friends, and if some of them return, they will receive the same favorable welcome and treatment at the hands of civilized nations as is accorded to all foreign visitors..." -- Theodore Herzl, "The Jewish State," 1896
"The momentous achievements of Zionism are accompanied by a paradox: The Jewish nation's liberation movement did not succeed in silencing that which brought it about - anti-Semitism. The movement's fathers were correct in their prophecies that anti-Semitism will increase the more the Jews assimilate into their host countries, but were wrong in assuming that the hatred would pass when the Jews would settle in their own land." -- editorial, Yediot Acharonot, Nov. 20, 2003
"The situation of Jews living in other countries and succeeding [economically], while retaining their differences and refusing to see themselves as an intrinsic part of their host countries - this situation is not healthy... It arouses objections, especially when the Jewish minority has the opportunity to return to its own land. This leads to criticism, estrangement, jealousy, and hatred. The solution is: Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. This will solve the problems of the State of Israel, and the State will be strengthened and will be able to face the problem of anti-Semitism, until our full Redemption." [italics not in the original] -- Rabbi Zalman Melamed, "There are Those Who Ask," 1993
"The departure of the Jews [for the new State] will involve no economic disturbances... and its initial movement will put an end to anti-Semitism. The Jews will leave as honored friends, and if some of them return, they will receive the same favorable welcome and treatment at the hands of civilized nations as is accorded to all foreign visitors..." -- Theodore Herzl, "The Jewish State," 1896
"The momentous achievements of Zionism are accompanied by a paradox: The Jewish nation's liberation movement did not succeed in silencing that which brought it about - anti-Semitism. The movement's fathers were correct in their prophecies that anti-Semitism will increase the more the Jews assimilate into their host countries, but were wrong in assuming that the hatred would pass when the Jews would settle in their own land." -- editorial, Yediot Acharonot, Nov. 20, 2003
"The situation of Jews living in other countries and succeeding [economically], while retaining their differences and refusing to see themselves as an intrinsic part of their host countries - this situation is not healthy... It arouses objections, especially when the Jewish minority has the opportunity to return to its own land. This leads to criticism, estrangement, jealousy, and hatred. The solution is: Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel. This will solve the problems of the State of Israel, and the State will be strengthened and will be able to face the problem of anti-Semitism, until our full Redemption." [italics not in the original] -- Rabbi Zalman Melamed, "There are Those Who Ask," 1993