1925

August 18-28
The Fourteenth Zionist Congress convenes in Vienna, Austria. At this time there is mass aliyah to Palestine (the Fourth Aliyah). A dispute develops at the Congress regarding the fulfillment of Zionism in Eretz Israel among supporters of the pioneering- cooperative approach and supporters of private initiative. The success of the latter, especially in Tel Aviv, is extolled. Delegates from the Center and the Right call on the leadership of the WZO to abandon their support of the cooperative settlements. Weizmann defends this form of settlement.

Tel Aviv, which at the beginning of 1924 had 20,000 residents, has a population of 40,000 by the end of 1925.

Economic prosperity reigns throughout most of the year, but towards the end of the year, signs of a decline are being felt.