World Zionist Congress

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Zionist institution international legislative body representative assembly

The World Zionist Congress is the international legislative body of the Zionist movement, bringing together representatives of Jewish communities and Zionist organizations worldwide to set policy for the World Zionist Organization and related institutions.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Zionist Congresses	3
Zionist Congress	2
World Zionist Congresses	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Zionist institution ⓘ international legislative body ⓘ representative assembly ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	World Zionist Congress ⓘ surface form: Zionist Congress
appliesToJurisdiction	Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ surface form: Jewish Agency for Israel Keren Hayesod ⓘ surface form: Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal Jewish National Fund ⓘ surface form: Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund World Zionist Organization ⓘ
composedOf	delegates of Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ delegates of Zionist organizations ⓘ
convenedBy	World Zionist Organization ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
elects	World Zionist Organization leadership ⓘ Zionist General Council ⓘ members of the Jewish Agency leadership ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Israel–diaspora relations ⓘ Jewish diaspora affairs ⓘ Jewish national politics ⓘ Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel ⓘ
founder	Theodor Herzl ⓘ
frequency	approximately every five years ⓘ
hasMainGoal	promote Zionism ⓘ set policy for Zionist institutions ⓘ support Jewish national home in the Land of Israel ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure	party‑based delegation system ⓘ
hasRole	legislative body of the World Zionist Organization ⓘ policy‑setting body of the Zionist movement ⓘ
ideology	Zionism ⓘ
inception	1897 ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
notableChairperson	Theodor Herzl ⓘ
notableParticipant	Chaim Weizmann ⓘ David Ben-Gurion ⓘ Golda Meir ⓘ Menachem Ussishkin ⓘ Nahum Sokolow ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
parentOrganization	World Zionist Organization ⓘ
partOf	Zionism ⓘ surface form: Zionist movement
religion	Judaism ⓘ
represents	Jewish communities in the diaspora ⓘ Zionist parties and movements ⓘ
significantEvent	First Zionist Congress ⓘ
significantPlace	Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
website	https://www.wzo.org.il ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zionist General Council → affiliation → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

World Zionist Congress → alsoKnownAs → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zionist Congress

World Zionist Organization → hasOrgan → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

WZO → hasOrgan → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: World Zionist Organization

Nahum Sokolow → memberOf → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

Second Zionist Congress → partOf → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zionist Congresses

Chaim Weizmann → participantIn → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zionist Congresses

Menachem Ussishkin → participatedIn → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zionist Congress

Yitzhak Gruenbaum → participatedIn → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zionist Congresses

Second Zionist Congress → series → World Zionist Congress ⓘ

this entity surface form: World Zionist Congresses