"Synthetic Zionism" is a doctrine
that coalesced at the eighth Zionist
Congress (1907). Chaim
Weizmann (who later became the first President
of Israel) was its principal champion. A merger
of Political and Practical Zionism, "Synthetic Zionism" advocated
concurrent action on both tracks: political
activity coupled with practical endeavor in
Palestine. It also stressed Zionist activity
in the Diaspora,
such as modernized education, collecting money
for the Jewish National Fund and active participation,
on separate Jewish tickets, in national and
local elections.
"Synthetic Zionism," with its
guidelines-political realism, flexibility
and the quest for a common denominator among
the partners in the Zionist idea-dominated
the Zionist movement from the Tenth Congress
(1911) onward.