Zionist Revisionists framed seafaring as restoring an ancient Hebrew masculine heroism

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There is no wonder that maritime activities are considered the hardest and most masculine of any human activity. The people of Israel, who thousands of years ago were a people of the sea, were forced away from the sea during their years away from home; they were forced away from this great sphere of heroism. Only recently have we experienced a maritime awakening which will manifest itself with the arrival of the first Hebrew boat at the homeland’s shores. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 584