@article {3145744, title = {Evangelical Prophet of Zion}, journal = {Segula}, year = {2023}, pages = {14 - 28}, abstract = {Even before Herzl dreamed of a Jewish state,
Evangelical minister William Hechler was meeting
with pioneering Zionists in Odessa. Calculating
that redemption would begin in 1897, the same
year as the first Zionist Congress, Hechler lent
a hand by arranging an audience for Herzl with
Kaiser Wilhelm II. Who was the Zionist visionary{\textquoteright}s
Christian sidekick, and what were his motives?}, author = {Yehuda Moraly} }