The dream of lost innocence recovered
in a golden future always haunts the imagination of colonial pioneers. Its
premise is myopia: F. Scott Fitzgerald conjured “a fresh, green breast of the
new world" for his Dutch sailors, a story that began without Indians. Golda Meir
infamously insisted that there was no such thing as Palestinians. Breaking new
ground on a distant shore is easier if no one is there when you arrive. Plan B
allows that the natives are happy to see the newcomers. But soon enough it all
turns nasty and ends in tears. "A Strange Death," Hillel Halkin’s beautifully written and wisely confused account of the local history of the town he lives in, Zichron Yaakov, takes us back to the earliest days of Jewish settlement in Ottoman Palestine. His ostensible subjects are members of the Nili sp A. the colonists were always welcomed by the natives. B. the colonization will never be with a happy ending. C. the colonists hoped that there were always people on the new continents. D. the colonists hoped that they may perform ethnic cleansing on the new continents. 我来回答: 提交
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