Ze'ev Jabotinsky, while residing in Italy, had…

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, while residing in Italy, had become attached to the notions of romantic nationalism espoused by the great Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Like Garibaldi, Jabotinsky views nationalism as the highest value to which humans can aspire.

He calls for massive Jewish immigration to Palestine and the immediate declaration of Jewish statehood in all of biblical Palestine.

He views the world in Machiavellian terms: military and political powers ultimately determine the fate of peoples and nations.

Therefore, he calls for the establishment of a well-armed Jewish self-defense organization, which, as Haganah (Hebrew: "Defense"), Jabotinsky organizes and leads against the Arabs in Palestine.