The first Zionist Congress was called by Theodor Herzl as a symbolic Parliament for those in sympathy with the implementation of Zionist goals. Herzl had planned to hold the gathering in Munich, but due to local Jewish opposition he transferred the gathering to Basel, Switzerland. The Congress took place in the concert hall of the Basel Municipal Casino on August 29, 1897.
 
some early in the l;ast century insisted that this date began the fullfillment of Matthew 24:32, the fig tree putting forth leaves . and 50 years later the nation Israel was granted by the united nations.....
 
Lewis B