Jews and Palestinians in the Late Ottoman Era, 1908-1914

[...] there is no one better able to tell this inter-twined history than Fishman, who is fluent in Hebrew, Arabic, and Turkish and whose scholarly craftsmanship has made him an authoritative historian of the late Ottoman Empire. Fishman’s deep archival research places readers on the ground with the Jews and Palestinians struggling for power and resources as they contested with one another for their place in the imperial domain. [...] Fishman’s careful research and reasoned analysis offer an important story about a world still largely fixed and determined by endlessly immutable and only occasionally crossed lines. -- Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College * Bustan: The Middle East Book Review, 2021, Vol. 12, No. 1 *
[...] a solid work based on a variety of sources and providing excellent analyses [...]. Reading Fishman in the light of current events helps to better understand the frustration of the Palestinians and one of the colonial aspects of Zionism. -- Roberto Mazza, University of Limerick * Contemporary Levant Vol. 5, Issue 2 *
Louis Fishman's book offers a gripping account of the emergence of Palestinian and Zionist identities in the final decades of the Ottoman Empire. Deeply researched and nuanced in its understanding of the evolution of both of these communities and of how their emergence helped produce the conflict of subsequent years, this book is essential reading for anyone wanting a full picture of why that conflict is so intractable. * Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Columbia University *