Poale Zion

Poale Zion or Tzion Poale ( "Workers of Zion " ) were Marxist- Zionist Jewish workers circles, which were founded around the turn of the century in various Russian cities after the General Jewish Workers' Union had set himself in 1901 against Zionism. Later, the United States (1903 ) followed; Israel, Poland, Austria, Canada, England, Argentina, Romania (1904-1907) and Bulgaria in 1910. The basis for the ideology of Poale Zion was in December 1905 Ber Borochov formulated by, who also emerged from the Poalei Tzion, founded in 1905 in Poltava Jewish Social Democratic Labour Party led.

The first World Congress of Poale Zion took place in August 1907 held in The Hague, followed by others in Krakow (1909 ), Vienna ( 1911 and 1920 ) and Stockholm ( 1919). At the Fifth World Congress of the Poale Zion split because disagreements regarding Zionism, activities in Palestine and the accession to the Socialist International passed.

In Palestine, the first kibbutzim were founded by the Poale Zion and from the employment offices, kitchens, and health benefits to their members later went public institutions are out of Israel.

Poale Zion also founded organizations such as Hashomer and was instrumental in the First World War on the recruitment of members of the Jewish Legion.

David Ben- Gurion, who soon joined her after its establishment in Poland, united after the First World War, the Poale Zion in Palestine with Ahdut haAvoda, which later became the Mapai, the predecessor of the still existing Israeli Labor Party emerged.