Theodor Herzl (Hebrew: תאודור הרצל, Hungarian: Herzl Tivadar; May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904), born Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl (Hebrew: בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב הֵרצְל, also known in Hebrew as חוֹזֵה הַמְדִינָה, Hozeh HaMedinah, lit. "Visionary of the State") was a Jewish Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the State of Israel.
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