▁we ▁will ▁do ▁the ▁rest !" ▁he ▁proc laimed ▁expos ing ▁his ▁plan . ▁▁ ▁Herz l ▁proposed ▁two ▁possible ▁destin ations ▁to ▁colon ize , ▁Argentina ▁and ▁Palest ine . ▁He ▁preferred ▁Argentina ▁for ▁its ▁vast ▁and ▁sp ars ely ▁populated ▁territory ▁and ▁temper ate ▁climate , ▁but ▁conced ed ▁that ▁Palest ine ▁would ▁have ▁greater ▁att raction ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁historic ▁t ies ▁of ▁Jews ▁with ▁that ▁area . ▁He ▁also ▁accepted ▁to ▁evaluate ▁Joseph ▁Chamber lain ' s ▁proposal ▁for ▁possible ▁Jewish ▁settlement ▁in ▁Great ▁Britain ' s ▁East ▁African ▁colon ies . ▁ ▁Ali y ah ▁( m igration , ▁literally ▁" as cent ") ▁to ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁Israel ▁is ▁a ▁rec urr ing ▁theme ▁in ▁Jewish ▁pray ers . ▁Re jection ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁D ias por a ▁is ▁a ▁central ▁assumption ▁in ▁Z ion ism . ▁Supp or ters ▁of ▁Z ion ism ▁believed ▁that ▁Jews ▁in ▁the ▁D ias por a ▁were ▁prevent ed ▁from ▁their ▁full ▁growth ▁in ▁Jewish ▁individual ▁and ▁national ▁life . ▁ ▁Z ion ists ▁generally ▁preferred ▁to ▁speak ▁Heb rew , ▁a ▁Sem it ic ▁language ▁that ▁developed ▁under ▁conditions ▁of ▁freedom ▁in ▁ancient ▁Jud ah , ▁and ▁worked ▁to ▁modern ize ▁and ▁adapt ▁it ▁for ▁every day ▁use . ▁Z ion ists ▁sometimes ▁refused ▁to ▁speak ▁Y idd ish , ▁a ▁language ▁they ▁thought ▁had ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁European ▁per sec ution . ▁Once ▁they ▁moved ▁to ▁Israel , ▁many ▁Z ion ists ▁refused ▁to ▁speak