Great thread. Thanks for sticking around. I went looking for info about the book and found where Immanuel wrote a newspaper colum for two years under the pen name Observer.
He was writing when Israel become a State
Since the first day radio waves began to carry messages over the air and for many days to come, there has not been and there will not be made an announcement as will come today.
A homeless nation, a sufferer among the peoples of the earth, a living reproach to humanity, a victor over 2,000 years’ persecution, is no longer homeless.
The Sabbath candles kindled tonight in Palestine will still be burning when the Jewish State is born.
All who believe in Destiny and Providence ought to say a prayer of thanksgiving. The President of the United States should lead this nation in prayer. Is not the redemption of Israel a divine promise, and a fulfillment of a covenant, and a benediction for all humanity?
Are not the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Gospels, the Moslem Koran, full of prophecies of this day?
http://www.varchive.org/obs/index.htm