"The World Zionist Organization (Hebrew: \u05D4\u05B7\u05D4\u05B4\u05E1\u05B0\u05EA\u05B7\u05BC\u05D3\u05B0\u05BC\u05E8\u05D5\u05BC\u05EA \u05D4\u05B7\u05E6\u05B4\u05BC\u05D9\u05BC\u05D5\u05B9\u05E0\u05B4\u05D9\u05EA \u05D4\u05B8\u05E2\u05D5\u05B9\u05DC\u05B8\u05DE\u05B4\u05D9\u05EA; HaHistadrut HaTsionit HaOlamit), or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization (ZO; 1897-1960) at the initiative of Theodor Herzl at the First World Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel, Switzerland."@en .