Reading The Near East by William Yale , Chapter X

CHAPTER X

ABDUL HAMID AND ZIONISM

The Ottomans and The Jews

The Historical Background

-The Reform movement and Antimessianism

-Distribution of European Jews

-Early colonies in Palestine an the birth of modern Zionism

-Excluded from Palestine, Jews flock to U.S.A

-Class structure among the Jews

Emergence Of Political Zionism

-Theodor Herzl becomes a Zionist

-"Der Judenstaat"

-Negotiation with Abdul Hamid

-The World Zionist Congress and the W.Z.O

Palestine, A Focus Of World Interest