Territorialism , also known as Statism ( but not to be confused with another belief also called statism ) , was a Jewish political movement . Jewish people wanted some land to live in that was big enough for them . Territorialism , also known as Statism ( though not to be confused with the political philosophy of the same name ) , was a Jewish political movement calling for creation of a sufficiently large and compact Jewish territory ( or territories ) , not necessarily in the Land of Israel and not necessarily fully autonomous .