THE EASTERN QUESTION : A reading from THINGS TO COME, A Journal of Biblical Literature (1895). Jews have been returning to Palestine for nearly 200 years ! Not just since 1948. The Zionist movement that has built modern Israel has been operating farms, vineyards, and industries in Palestine since the early 1800s. We must go beyond the Jack Van Empes and Hal Lindseys in the area of prophetic study !