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Democracy in Action

Delegates to the Zionist Congress are elected in the largest democratic exercise in the Jewish world today.

Empowered by electorates in Israel and throughout the Diaspora, once at the Congress, Delegates partake in another democratic process that includes voting on resolutions and constitutional amendments (use the menu to the right to browse through the various resolutions and constitutional amendments that will be voted on at the 37th Zionist Congress).

These proposals are presented to the Congress by members of and delegates from the territorial Zionist Federations, the Zionist World UnionsIsrael’s political partiesInternational Zionist Organizations, the Zionist General Council, the Zionist Executive and the Congress Presidium. Elected delegates to the Congress also vote on matters of candidature and elections to the leadership of the World Zionist Organization.

Every country with a Zionist Federation elects a number of delegates to the Zionist Congress determined by the Zionist Executive in consideration of the size of the country’s Jewish population, the number of olim coming from that community, the degree of local Zionist activity, and the funds raised by that community for Israel.

Once elected, Delegates to the Zionist Congress are charged with defining which resolutions and constitutional amendments are passed, thus defining the direction of Zionist policy for the next five years.