"We have been in #Palestine for twelve years [i.e., since the #Balfour Declaration] without having even once made a serious attempt at seeking through negotiations the consent of the #indigenous people,” he wrote... We have set ourselves goals which by their very nature had to lead to conflict with the #Arabs. We ought to have recognized that these goals would be the cause, the just cause, of a national uprising against us."
Interesting piece about Hans Kohn by @raph
https://www.onesmalldetail.blog/lessons-from-a-disillusioned-zionist/
Interesting piece about Hans Kohn by @raph
https://www.onesmalldetail.blog/lessons-from-a-disillusioned-zionist/
Lessons from a disillusioned Zionist
The year 1929 is a crucial one in the history of Zionism and Palestine. For nearly half a century already, the Zionist movement had been establishing settlements in Palestine, under Ottoman and then British rule.Raphael Mimoun (One Small Detail)