ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

General Zionists

So, imagine you and your friends are playing a game, and you all have different ideas about how the game should be played. One of your friends thinks that the game should be played one way, while another friend thinks it should be played another way. That's kind of like what happened with the Jewish people a long time ago.

Some Jewish people believed that they should try to create their own country, called Israel, where they could live and practice their religion. These people were called Zionists.

But even among the Zionists, there were different ideas about what this new country should look like. Some thought it should be a place only for Jewish people, while others believed it should be a place where Jews and other people could live together.

So, to answer your question, "general Zionists" were a group of Jewish people who believed in creating Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people. They weren't as focused on creating a country just for Jewish people, but rather on creating a place where Jews and other people could live together.