The Martyr Made Podcast

#4 - Fear & Loathing in the New Jerusalem, pt. 3

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Nov 23, 2015
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ANECDOTE

Dehan's Assassination

  • Rabbi Jacob Israel Dehan, an Orthodox Jew, criticized Zionist treatment of Arabs.
  • He was assassinated in 1924, likely on orders of a Zionist leader.
INSIGHT

Rise of Hardline Zionists

  • Weizmann's absence in Palestine allowed more hardline Zionist leaders to emerge.
  • These leaders, like Ben-Gurion, adopted a more aggressive approach.
ANECDOTE

Zionist Demographics

  • Many early Zionists were young, single men from the former Russian Empire.
  • They were often revolutionaries drawn to Jewish nationalism.
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