Much Ado about Little: Ahad Ha'am's ?Truth from Eretz Yisrael? Zionism and the Arabs

Abstract

The 1891 article "Emet m'eretz yisrael" [Truth from Eretz Israel] by Ahad Ha'am (Asher Ginzberg, 1856-1927) is one of early Zionism's most-cited references. It is regarded as a milestone in Zionist thought and in Ahad Ha'am's own role in the movement, and even, more notably, as the first serious analysis of "the Arab issue," which was eventually to dominate the history of Zionism and of the state of Israel. Remarkably, it appears that no full English translation has previously been published.