De Haan co-founded Palestine’s law program with Jabotinsky

Evidence

In 1919 De Haan became the first Jew from the Netherlands to emigrate to the Eretz Yisrael. After settling in Jerusalem he took up a position teaching law at the government’s College of Law before the Hebrew University was established on Mount Scopus. Rarely mentioned is that De Haan was one of the founders of the law program with Vladmir Jabotinsky, in later years the leader of Revisionist Zionism; it was “instituted by the British because there was a need for well-qualified jurists who knew the conundrums of the combined Ottoman, Arab, British, and—not to be forgotten—War Law” governing Palestine. Yet De Haan and Jabotinsky shared more than a passing acquaintance. When Jabotinsky was arrested in 1920 for illegal militia activity during the Arab riots, De Haan served as one of the defense lawyers in his “show trial.” Ludy Giebels writes that “with his usual flair for drama, De Haan made his entrance into the courtroom carried on a stretcher, because he had a back ailment (so he pretended) that made walking impossible.” — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 451 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: De Haan co-founded Palestine’s law program with Jabotinsky and defended him in court. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 451

Broader Connections

• De Haan co-founded Palestine’s law program with Jabotinsky and defended him in court. #expands (0.97) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 451