A Muslim Aliyah Paralleled The Jewish Aliyah: Part I, To 1948 – Analysis

By Daniel Pipes

Famously, Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel, calledaliyah, is centuries old and took on an organized form in 1882. Described as “the central goal of the State of Israel” (in the words of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon), it provides the demographic basis on which the entire Zionist enterprise rests. Both...