President of the world Zionist Organisation, statesman and author.
Born in Russian Poland, Sokolow was a prolific writer and campaigner on behalf of the world Zionist movement. The city of Tel Aviv in Israel is named after a title Sokolow gave to his Hebrew translation of the Zionist book Altneuland.
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