After the first immigrants settled, a second wave aspired to connect with the land.
Arab protests against Zionism rose with the liberalization of the press and upsurge of Arab language newspapers. Amidst the dissent, Jewish settlers, many of whom were craftsmen and peddlers in Eastern Europe, had to adapt to the dominance of agriculture in the economy by reconnecting with the land.
AIR DATE 6/30/15
Explore an overlooked moment in pre-WWI Palestine when people’s identities overlapped and Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities intermingled freely, and few could contemplate the conflict that would engulf their region for the next century.
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