Alan Dowty, in Israel Studies 8 (Spring 2001): 34-54

Yitzhak Epstein, an early Zionist settler and teacher, published in 1907 an article entitled “A Hidden Question,” which is often regarded as the first serious Zionist analysis of the question of relations with the Arab population in Palestine. This article, translated into English here for the first time, does indeed appear upon closer examination to be a more sensitive analysis of the issue than any previous Zionist writings; it also projects the final dimensions of the conflict decades before they took shape and was a provocative statement that was instrumental in framing the subsequent debate within the movement.  

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