That picture was extremely hard to look at and it is so sad that Palestine was occupied by completely foreign European Jews using a ridiculous story about being descended from the ancient Hebrews. How many other people in the world can make that stupid claim and then they are able to be given a piece of land? For the Christians of Europe, they loved the Jews going to Palestine which is hard to understand because they hated the Jews and therefore why would they want the Jews to go to the birthplace of Christ?
P 872 – The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl
From a practical point of view, many obstacles appear to stand in their way. The Turks, no doubt, will not be eager to give up Palestine, and if the promoters of Zionism succeed in convincing them by persuasive arguments, Christians of every persuasion would rise en masse indignantly to oppose an arrangement that would put the Holy places in the power of Christ’s executioners.