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A compelling speaker and writer, Herzl electrified the Jewish masses and helped transform Zionism from a longing into a political move- ment. Further, his organizing skills resulted in a parliament, a chief executive, and a state bank, all "in exile." But his post-1898 willingness to consider alternative sites for a Jewish colony (such as Uganda) en- raged "cultural Zionists" who insisted that history made Palestine the only acceptable choice. The dispute split...