▁con gress ▁are ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁membership . ▁M embers ▁are ▁required ▁to ▁pay ▁dues ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁she kel . ▁At ▁the ▁con gress , ▁deleg ates ▁elect ▁a ▁ 3 0 - man ▁executive ▁council , ▁which ▁in ▁turn ▁elect s ▁the ▁movement ' s ▁leader . ▁The ▁movement ▁was ▁dem ocr atic ▁from ▁its ▁in ception ▁and ▁women ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁vote . ▁ ▁Until ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁the ▁World ▁Z ion ist ▁Organ ization ▁purs ued ▁a ▁strategy ▁of ▁building ▁a ▁Jewish ▁National ▁Home ▁through ▁persistent ▁small - scale ▁imm igration ▁and ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁such ▁bodies ▁as ▁the ▁Jewish ▁National ▁Fund ▁( 1 9 0 1   – ▁a ▁char ity ▁that ▁bought ▁land ▁for ▁Jewish ▁settlement ) ▁and ▁the ▁Ang lo - Pal est ine ▁Bank ▁( 1 9 0 3   – ▁provided ▁lo ans ▁for ▁Jewish ▁business es ▁and ▁far mers ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁at ▁the ▁B ilt more ▁Conference , ▁the ▁movement ▁included ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁an ▁express ▁objective ▁of ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁Jewish ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁Land ▁of ▁Israel . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 8 th ▁Z ion ist ▁Congress , ▁meeting ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁adopted ▁the ▁five ▁points ▁of ▁the ▁" J er usalem ▁Program " ▁as ▁the ▁a ims ▁of ▁Z ion ism ▁today . ▁They ▁are : ▁ ▁Unity ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁People ▁and ▁the ▁central ity ▁of ▁Israel ▁in ▁Jewish ▁life