▁that ▁it ▁unf air ly ▁conf isc ates ▁land ▁and ▁exp els ▁Palest ini ans . ▁ ▁Isaac ▁Deutsch er ▁has ▁called ▁Israel is ▁the ▁' Pr us si ans ▁of ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ', ▁who ▁have ▁achieved ▁a ▁' t ots ieg ', ▁a ▁' v ict orious ▁r ush ▁into ▁the ▁grave ' ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁dispos s ess ing ▁ 1 . 5 ▁million ▁Palest ini ans . ▁Israel ▁had ▁become ▁the ▁' last ▁remaining ▁colonial ▁power ' ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century . ▁ ▁Edward ▁Sa id ▁and ▁Michael ▁Prior ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁exp elling ▁the ▁Palest ini ans ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁component ▁of ▁Z ion ism , ▁cit ing ▁Herz l ' s ▁di ary ▁from ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁which ▁states ▁" we ▁shall ▁endeav our ▁to ▁exp el ▁the ▁poor ▁population ▁across ▁the ▁border ▁un not iced — the ▁process ▁of ▁ex prop ri ation ▁and ▁the ▁removal ▁of ▁the ▁poor ▁must ▁be ▁carried ▁out ▁dis cre et ly ▁and ▁circ ums pect ly ." ▁This ▁quot ation ▁has ▁been ▁crit iqu ed ▁by ▁E fra im ▁Kar sh ▁for ▁mis re present ing ▁Herz l ' s ▁purpose . ▁He ▁describes ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁feature ▁of ▁Palest in ian ▁propag anda ", ▁writing ▁that ▁Herz l ▁was ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁volunt ary ▁res ett lement ▁of ▁squ at ters ▁living ▁on ▁land ▁purchased ▁by ▁Jews , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁full ▁di ary ▁entry ▁stated , ▁" It ▁goes ▁without