hertsel saw no other way to legitimize his plan except that on the one hand he won the opposition andt closer to the bases of power, so he announced that zionism is a return to judaism. far from jewish culture and raised in a european style, he began to learn hebrew so that he could pray. in his own words, in those days , learning a few cloud words was more difficult for him than running the congress meetings. he wrote about this in his memoirs: i should communicate directly and openly with the government minister or a prince. in this case, the jews will believe me and follow me. the most suitable person can be the kaiser of germany. the evangelical priest william heschler made the connection, and german kaiser wilhelm ii allowed herssel to visit. the second option after qaytsar was sultan abdul lahmid ii, the ottoman shah. one day in may 1901 , herretsel was able to meet him. a bad relationship between the ottoman sultan and harsalsel in az, as a journalist, he was known to blame the guilt of the ottomans who were accused of the armenian genocide with his writings, and to recognize t