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Chulent, learn some history. The 6th Zionist congress in 1903 voted in favour of a commission to investigate the Uganda idea, and Herzl himself clearly stated at that congress that even were it to come to fruition, it was meant as a temporary measure to save lives from vicious Russian antisemitism. It was never a first inclination. ( you may have heard of the Kishinev pogrom in 1903 and the Kiev pogrom in 1905, but, then again, you may not care, because one can’t let facts get in the way of one’s world view, right?) and according to Herzl a Jewish state in Israel was the ultimate goal. The proposal almost split the movement entirely, and it was abandoned for good at the next Zionist congress less than 2 years later. the Jewish Agency and Emory university, among many others, have the primary source documents to back this up. I am sure that you have adequate sources for your slander.
The willingness of the Zionists to consider Uganda demonstrates nothing about their perception of Torah and Judaism. It speaks clearly, though, about their desire to save Jewish lives.
Gavra, it was never intended as an either or, and it never got past the investigatory stage. Even if it had, its sole purpose was to rescue Jews 35 years before the Holocaust.