ABSTRACT
In a word, Palestine must become more Jewish—more worthily Jewish—than it has been hitherto, with its mere handful of colonists and its larger company of less desirable indwellers. To make Palestine truly Jewish, it may be argued, might conceivably imperil the position of the Jew elsewhere. The Jew of the Diaspora would gain a new dignity, a greater worth, a larger esteem, in virtue of the nobility of the parent Israel. Palestine would inspire and uplift Western Jewry. There is no doubt that anti-Jewish prejudice does linger on in the most civilised countries, and it is possible that the realisation of the cry of “Palestine for the Jews” will strengthen it. Israel is able to teach the world doctrine which it greatly needs to learn, and he may teach that doctrine most effectively from a spiritual centre such as Palestine may afford.
