christian zionism and early 20 th c palestine
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Christian Zionism and Early 20 th c Palestine. IAFS/JWST 3650. Outline. Christian Zionism The “Empty Land” Myth Palestinian Nationalism. Christian Zionism in England. 1290 : expulsion of English Jews 17 th c: resettlement of English Jews English support for Jewish Restoration. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Christian Zionismand Early 20th c Palestine
IAFS/JWST 3650
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Outline
• Christian Zionism• The “Empty Land” Myth• Palestinian Nationalism
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Christian Zionism in England
• 1290: expulsion of English Jews• 17th c: resettlement of English Jews• English support for Jewish Restoration
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Restorationist Beliefs
• Jewish return to Holy Land• and Jewish conversion to Christianity• >>> Second Coming
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Isaiah 60:9-12
• 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee . . .
• 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish.
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Lord Shaftesbury (1801-1885)
• Religious faith in restoration• Imperial justifications• Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst
the Jews (failure)
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British Views on Zionism
• Christian support• Jewish opposition
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So What?
• British Christian support for Zionist settlement as important context for Britain’s WWI actions
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The Empty Land Myth
• “A land without people for a people without a land”
• Phrase attributed to Herzl• Zangwill, 1901: “Palestine
is a country without a people; the Jews are a people without a country.”
Zangwill
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Origins of “Empty Land” Myth
• Shaftesbury, 1853: “a country without a nation' needed 'a nation without a country”
• Stoddard, 1897: “you are a people without a country; there is a country without a people”
Shaftesbury
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Jewish Resistanceto “Empty Land” Myth
• Ahad Ha’am, 1891: “this is not the case”• Nordau, 1897: reproach to Herzl
Nordau Ha’am
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Jewish Resistanceto “Empty Land” Myth
• Epstein, 1907: “there is in our beloved land an entire nation”
• Ben-Gurion: “Palestine is not an empty country”
EpsteinBen-Gurion
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Quickthink
Why is it significant that the “empty land” phrase originated (twice) with gentile Zionists?
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Palestinian Nationalism
• Role of religious festivals and holy sites• Nationalist as framework for tension• Najib Azouri, 1905: opposition between “the
awakening of the Arab nation and the latent effort of the Jews to reconstitute . . . Israel”
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Palestinian Nationalism
• 1908: al-Karmal• 1911: Filastin
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Palestinian Nationalism
• 1908 as watershed• Young Turk revolution• Jaffa clash
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Palestinian Nationalism
• Fula controversy• Zionism-Crusader link• 1911 clash at Fula
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Palestinian Reactions:Yusuf al-Khalidi (1899)
• “Historically it is your country” but Zionism’s implementation would require “brute force.”
• “Let Palestine be left in peace.”
Yusuf al-Khalidi
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Palestinian Reactions
• Ruhi Bey al-Khalidi, 1909: Jews will “displace Arab farmers”
• General Summons to the Palestinians, 1914: “In the name of our country, Palestine . . . do not sell” your land
Ruhi Bey al-Khalidi
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Jewish Migration
• 1880-1914: ~3 million Jews left Russia• 1904-1914: 90% of Zionist settlers left
Palestine• Bilu’s lasting influence
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Palestine before WWI
• 40 Jewish settlements• 60,000 Jews (~8% of population)
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Conclusions
• Christian support for Zionist settlement• “Empty Land” idea–Christian roots– Zionist practice
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Conclusions
• Growing Palestinian nationalism• Limited appeal of Zionist idea