A novelist misattributed De Haan’s murder to right-wing shame rather than establishment threat perception

Evidence

Still, the author underestimated the extent that De Haan was perceived as a threat to the Zionist establishment. He was not simply “an object of hatred and contempt in the Zionist yishuv because of his outspoken anti-Zionism.” Zweig assumed that De Haan was murdered by “right-wing” Zionists, who were driven by the shame of his homosexual relations with Arab boys, along with his effrontery of negotiating with Arab officials in order to circumvent the Zionist administration. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 463

Categorization

• QUESTION: If Zweig was wrong about the murderers and motive, who actually ordered De Haan’s killing? The chapter implies mainstream establishment involvement — worth investigating further.