Quotation from Mordechai Manuel Noah “The whole territory…will be occupied by enterprising Jews.” — 1845
Mordechai Noah, diplomat, journalist, playwright and slaveholder, can be considered the first influential Jewish American Zionist. In 1819, he received the support of the second American president, John Adams (see quote). Following Britain's crushing of Egypt for control of the Middle East (1840), he speculated on Jewish colonization. This would not begin until 42 years later.
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"The whole territory surrounding Jerusalem, including the villages Hebron, Safat, Tyre, also Beyroot, Jaffa, and other ports of the Mediterranean, will be occupied by enterprising Jews. The valleys of the Jordan will be filled by agriculturists from the north of Germany, Poland, and Russia. Merchants will occupy the seaports, and the commanding positions within the walls of Jerusalem will be purchased by the wealthy and pious of our brethren.
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M. M. Noah, Discourse on the Restoration of the Jews (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845), p.38.
Quoted by Andreas Malm, The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth.
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