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Undeterred, Herzl turned to Britain the following year to discuss the possibility of Jewish immigration. In 1903, the British government offered a plan that would allow Jews to establish an independent state in an uninhabited region of Uganda in East Africa. Although this proposal appeared to be a rare and promising opportunity, Herzl declined. He insisted that Uganda was not Zion—the Jewish state must be founded in Palestine, the land of their ancestors.<ref name="렘50" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+30%3A3&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 30:3 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-uganda-proposal-1903 Zionist Congress: The Uganda Proposal], ''Jewish Virtual Library''</ref> | Undeterred, Herzl turned to Britain the following year to discuss the possibility of Jewish immigration. In 1903, the British government offered a plan that would allow Jews to establish an independent state in an uninhabited region of Uganda in East Africa. Although this proposal appeared to be a rare and promising opportunity, Herzl declined. He insisted that Uganda was not Zion—the Jewish state must be founded in Palestine, the land of their ancestors.<ref name="렘50" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+30%3A3&version=NIV |title=Jeremiah 30:3 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-uganda-proposal-1903 Zionist Congress: The Uganda Proposal], ''Jewish Virtual Library''</ref> | ||
Carrying with him a deep longing to return to the land of his ancestors, Herzl continued his tireless efforts to realize a Jewish state. However, his health gradually deteriorated, and on July 3, 1904, he passed away at the young age of 44. After his death, the Zionist movement appeared to lose its central leadership for a time, but it was soon revitalized under the guidance of a small group of Jewish leaders from Russia.<ref>[https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/herzls-troubled-dream-origins-zionism Herzl’s Troubled Dream: The Origins of Zionism], ''History Today''</ref> In 1905, following the failure of the Russian Revolution, Jews were unjustly blamed for the uprising, and widespread pogroms<ref> | Carrying with him a deep longing to return to the land of his ancestors, Herzl continued his tireless efforts to realize a Jewish state. However, his health gradually deteriorated, and on July 3, 1904, he passed away at the young age of 44. After his death, the Zionist movement appeared to lose its central leadership for a time, but it was soon revitalized under the guidance of a small group of Jewish leaders from Russia.<ref>[https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/herzls-troubled-dream-origins-zionism Herzl’s Troubled Dream: The Origins of Zionism], ''History Today''</ref> In 1905, following the failure of the Russian Revolution, Jews were unjustly blamed for the uprising, and widespread pogroms<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-a-small-pogrom-in-russia-changed-the-course-of-history/ How a small pogrom in Russia changed the course of history], ''The Times of Israel'', April 9, 2018 </ref>—violent massacres targeting Jewish communities—erupted across the Russian Empire. Fleeing these persecutions, many Jews immigrated to Palestine. | ||
===1914–1918: World War I and the Balfour Declaration=== | ===1914–1918: World War I and the Balfour Declaration=== | ||