Founded in the early 1900s, Labor Zionism was influenced by socialist principles, specifically that a Jewish homeland could only be created through and based on the collective efforts of the Jewish working class. The current Labor party emerged from this form of Zionism. See also Zionism. See online: Israel: A Country Study. 1988. Library of Congress. 31 October 2011. http://countrystudies.us/israel/11.htm.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/labor-zionism