Just over 100 years ago, Theodor Herzl launched the Zionist Movement. They called for a Jewish State in their ancestral land, Palestine. Fifty years later, the State of Israel came into being. Israel was established so that Jews anywhere in the world could have a homeland of their own.TheStory of Israelcontains approximately 30 rare facsimile documents of historical importance some of which have never been published before. April 2008 sees the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel.