Why did zionists want to establish a Jewish national state in the Middle East

Simply because Jews have never been completely equal, completely

welcome, or completely safe in anyone else's country.

The so-called "Zionist" movement was started by visionaries who

foresaw that Jews would never be completely equal, welcome,

and safe anywhere except their own country, and it was time to get

serious about returning to their country that the Romans drove them

out of, almost 2,000 years ago.