“Your previous essay…”
My claim was about “before Zionism“.
The situation in 1930 is a poor argument against that.
“empty wilderness … 1841”.
The population in Palestine was about 3% of what it is today
and there is still plenty of empty uncultivated land.
You won’t know about it if you refuse to read Mark Twain
and a host of other authors through the centuries.
Palestinian orange groves from 1841 don’t prove I’m wrong.