There are 16m of Jews in a world of 8b people. And, the world was silent while half of the Jewish population was been literally exterminated. Even US was closed to Jews refugees.
You are combining time periods over hundreds of years. Peaceful coexistence ended around 860 (and stated getting worse in 636 with the Siege of Jerusalem), while modern Zionism didn't start till 1840's - around 1,000 years later.
Possibly prompted by the Arab massacres in 1834: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1834_looting_of_Safed
People sometimes talk about how Israel was mostly inhabited by Arabs before Israel was founded, but they neglect to inform that this was because of the numerous massacres against Jews who had been living there for thousands of years.
"The official beginning of the construction of the New Yishuv in Palestine is usually dated ... 1882, .... Jewish immigration to Palestine started in earnest. Most immigrants came from the Russian Empire"
Russia is not in Europe.
Going further back Zionism got a strong boost when Rome was the center of power in Europe. This was around 1,700 years before Islam even existed.
And at the actual start of Zionism, the Celts and Carthaginians were important.
Zionism is ancient and it did not start as a result of the Holocaust. It predates virtually all other cultures.
Your "5 minutes of Googling" was a failure. Maybe spend a bit longer next time.