The Ashkenazi Revolution

130clear interest, and on other interests of the Ashkenazi People, is anAshkenazi nationalist.Chapter 8A Model Diaspora1The Land of Israel under Turkish rule had a reputation for being backwardand humble, as compared to East Africa, in all that pertained to immediatepossibilities for Jewish migration, the foundation of a Jewish state and asolution to the Jewish Question. But even the very limited possibilities ofthe Land of Israel under Turkish rule were not taken advantage of by the“Zionists of Zion”. This is because most likely, their goal was not asolution to the Jewish Question, but primarily rule over Jews in the name ofthe magic and symbolism of the Land of Israel. Had the “wailers” of theSixth Congress seen themselves as obligated, after their wailing, to gathertheir possessions and to migrate to the Land of Israel, they would havebeen able to accomplish much there even within the framework of thelimited possibilities under Turkish rule. But such a step never evenoccurred to them. They returned to their congregations in the Diaspora inorder to rule over them by force of their “faithfulness” to Zion. The centralorganizers of the Zionist goal, who came to rule after the death of Herzl,such as Ussishkin and Ahad ha’Am, were men whose permanent homeswere in the Diaspora and who made frequent visits to the Land of Israel;men who wished to rule over the Diaspora through the magic of the Landof Israel, and they wished to rule over the Jewish settlement in the Land ofIsrael via their control over the Jews of the Diaspora. The description“practical Zionists”, which the men of Ussishkin attached to themselves,was the ultimate lie. The true practical Zionist was Herzl, whoaccomplished the greatest deeds and established the necessary tools for theexecution of those deeds. The rejection of Herzl was automatically also arejection of the great momentum of action in favor of the adoption of small