Uganda Nearly Became Israel.. Here's Why It Didn't

In 1903, the British Empire offered part of East Africa, then under the Uganda Protectorate (modern-day Kenya) to the Zionist movement as a potential Jewish homeland. This became known as the Uganda Scheme.

Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, saw it as a temporary safe haven for Jews escaping persecution in Europe. But many in the movement rejected the idea, they wanted Palestine, not Africa.

By 1905, the plan was formally abandoned. Africa dodged a geopolitical bomb. Because if the Zionist state had been planted in East Africa, it might be Nairobi under siege today, not Gaza.

Kampala might’ve been caught in occupation, not the West Bank.

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