Herzl's vision vs Israel's reality

Theodore Herzl is considered the founder of Zionism as laid out in his book Der Judenstaat (1895).

Today, President Obama on a visit to Israel has laid a wreath at the grave of Herzl, paying him honor in doing so. But the State of Israel is quite different from what Herzl had in mind. A comment on the site, Mondoweiss by Palestinian Ramzi Jaber, puts this in a listing as follows...

Obama must keep the following 12 facts in mind: 

1- Palestinians are the gererous party who are willing to share our land with Israel

2- Herzl dreamed up Zionism to solve a non-Palestinian problem: Jews not being welcome in Europe

3- Zionism imposed a state over land that did not belong to Jews

4- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, the region is not better off because of Israel

5- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel is not a secular democracy

6- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East.

7- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel is NOT the vanguard of a westernized Middle East (but a throwback to 19th century Europe - CB)

8- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel is not the solution to the Jewish problem

9- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel has created Palestinian homelessness

10- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, emerging popular Middle Eastern governments are not Israel’s allies

11- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel is no longer the oppressed but rather the only superpower (plus nukes) in the ME

12- Contrary to what Herzl dreamed up, Israel never moved beyond 1800s mentality