[6] Moreover, while territorial autonomy was the goal of the party, it dedicated most of its energy into revolutionary activities in Russia.
[7] Like other Russian revolutionary groups such as the Narodniks, the party was positive towards using terrorism as a means of struggle against the establishment.
[8] Nachman Syrkin, Jacob Lestschinsky, Volf Latsky-Bartoldi and Shmuel Niger were among the leading figures of the party.
[7] At the 7th congress of the World Zionist Organization in 1905, the WZO formally rejected the 'Uganda Plan' (a proposal to resettle Jews in East Africa) after sharp debates.
[7] The central organ of the party was the weekly Yiddish newspaper Der nayer veg, published from Vilna 1906–1907.