Original sentence: After the state's establishment Zionism, in its various forms, would become the largest Jewish political movement, although more Jews would participate in the national politics of the countries in which they resided.As the nineteenth century wore on, the persecution of the Jews in Eastern Europe where emancipation had not occurred to the extent it did in Western Europe (or at all) increased.Hess proposed a socialist state in which the Jews would become agrarianised through a process of "redemption of the soil" which would transform the Jewish community into a "true" nation, in that Jews would occupy the productive layers of society rather than being an intermediary non-productive merchant class, which is how he perceived Jews in Europe.Prior to the Dreyfus Affair, Herzl had been an assimilationist, but after seeing how France treated its loyal Jewish subjects, he proposed buliding a separate Jewish state.The aim of Zionism was to set up a secular state in the vicinity of the Biblical Land of Israel
Edited sentence: As the nineteenth century wore on, the persecution of the Jews in Eastern Europe where emancipation had not occurred to the extent it did in Western Europe (or at all) only increased.By the middle of the 20th century, Zionism, in its various forms, would become the major Jewish political movement that transcended national boundaries, although more Jews would participate in the national politics of the countries in which they resided.Hess proposed a socialist state in which the Jews would become agrarianised through a process of "redemption of the soil" which would transform the Jewish community into a true nation, in that Jews would occupy the productive layers of society rather than being an intermediary non-productive merchant class which is how he perceived Jews in Europe.Prior to the Dreyfus Affair, Herzl had been an assimilationist, but after seeing how France treated its loyal Jewish subjects, he became ardently pro-Zionist.The aims of Zionism are as follows:  The unity of the Jewish people and the centrality of their ancestral and Biblical homeland in Israel.The ingathering of the Jewish people in its historic homeland, the Land of Israel.The preservation of the identity of the Jewish people through the fostering of Jewish and Hebrew studies and of Jewish spiritual and cultural values.The protection of Jewish rights everywhere.The strengthening of the re-born Jewish state based upon the prophetic vision of justice and peace