Quotes about Palestine: Difference between revisions

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*The Land of Israel will be small but the people of Israel will make it great. ... Not in opulence but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society.

**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/judaism-biographies/abba-hillel-silver Abba Hillel Silver], ''Vision and Victory'', 1949.

*When the Jewish people will have redeemed the Land of Israel, the Land of Israel will redeem the Jewish people.

**Menachem Ussishkin. ''Eretz Israel'', 1932, p. 4.

*To bring water to the thirsty earth, shade to the sun-parched sands, the laughter of children to a countryside where only jackals howl; to unearth the good soil under the rocks, to push back the desert, and remove the last swamps—these are among the tasks of the Jewish National Fund in its second fifty years.

**~~Weizmann,~~ message~~, Jan.~~ 19, 1951. Quoted in the ''~~N.Y.~~ Times'', Jan. 20, 1951.

**[[Ḥaim weizmann]] in a message in January 19, 1951. Quoted in the ''New York Times'', Jan. 20, 1951.

*The chief merit of your leadership is that it seeks to restore or create the self-respect of the Jewish people. ... In Palestine the Jew is on horseback, head up, free from the care what others think of him.

**Josiah Wedgewood to Zionist Agency. Parliamentary Debate, June 9, 1942.

**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wedgwood-josiah-clement-first-barondeg Josiah] Wedgewood to Zionist Agency. Parliamentary Debate, June 9, 1942.

*If before I die there are half a million Jews in Palestine, I shall be content because I shall know that this "saving remnant" will survive. They, not the millions in the Diaspora, are what really matter.

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*It was the Jewish genius that bestowed its radiance upon Palestine.

**~~Barbara~~ Whitehead. ''Atlantic Monthly'', March 1939, p. ~~318~~.

**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-North-Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead]. ''Atlantic Monthly'', March 1939, “[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1939/03/an-appeal-to-sanity/653592/ An Appeal to Sanity]”.

*Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none.

**Simeon ~~b. Yohai~~. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.

**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai Simeon bar Yoḥai]. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.

*They caught and imprisoned the Tempter for three days, and then could not find a fresh egg in the whole Land of Israel. Said they, "If we kill him, the world will go under." So they put out his eyes, and let him go.

**Talmud: ''Yoma'', 69b.

*The [[Zionism|idea]] [Zionism] in itself is only natural, beautiful and just. Who can contest the rights of the Jews on Palestine? My God, historically it is your country!

**Yousef al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem early 1900s, Quoted in ''Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter'', p. 51.

**[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yussef-diya-uddin-al-khalidi Yousef al-Khalidi], Mayor of Jerusalem early 1900s, Quoted in ''Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter'', p. 51.

*To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar.

**Rabbi ~~Anan~~ ben David, ''Ketubot'' 111a. Translated in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].

**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anan-ben-David Rabbi ‘Anan ben David], ''Ketubot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.111a.9?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 111a:9]. Translated in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].

* The Zionist aspiration includes not only the return to the Land of Israel, but also the return to the soil.

** [[Menaḥem Ussishkin]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/10790 Between Shiny Gold and a Burning Sword]”

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 *The Land of Israel will be small but the people of Israel will make it great. ... Not in opulence but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders, but out of the faithful and skillful building of the good society.
 **[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/judaism-biographies/abba-hillel-silver Abba Hillel Silver], ''Vision and Victory'', 1949.
-*When the Jewish people will have redeemed the Land of Israel, the Land of Israel will redeem the Jewish people.
-**Menachem Ussishkin. ''Eretz Israel'', 1932, p. 4.
 *To bring water to the thirsty earth, shade to the sun-parched sands, the laughter of children to a countryside where only jackals howl; to unearth the good soil under the rocks, to push back the desert, and remove the last swamps—these are among the tasks of the Jewish National Fund in its second fifty years.
-**Weizmann, message, Jan. 19, 1951. Quoted in the ''N.Y. Times'', Jan. 20, 1951.
+**[[Ḥaim weizmann]] in a message in January 19, 1951. Quoted in the ''New York Times'', Jan. 20, 1951.
 *The chief merit of your leadership is that it seeks to restore or create the self-respect of the Jewish people. ... In Palestine the Jew is on horseback, head up, free from the care what others think of him.
-**Josiah Wedgewood to Zionist Agency. Parliamentary Debate, June 9, 1942.
+**[https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wedgwood-josiah-clement-first-barondeg Josiah] Wedgewood to Zionist Agency. Parliamentary Debate, June 9, 1942.
 *If before I die there are half a million Jews in Palestine, I shall be content because I shall know that this "saving remnant" will survive. They, not the millions in the Diaspora, are what really matter.
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 *It was the Jewish genius that bestowed its radiance upon Palestine.
-**Barbara Whitehead. ''Atlantic Monthly'', March 1939, p. 318.
+**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-North-Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead]. ''Atlantic Monthly'', March 1939, “[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1939/03/an-appeal-to-sanity/653592/ An Appeal to Sanity]”.
 *Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none.
-**Simeon b. Yohai. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.
+**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shimon-bar-Yochai Simeon bar Yoḥai]. ''Sifre'', #37, to ''Deut''. 11.10.
-*They caught and imprisoned the Tempter for three days, and then could not find a fresh egg in the whole Land of Israel. Said they, "If we kill him, the world will go under." So they put out his eyes, and let him go.
-**Talmud: ''Yoma'', 69b.
 *The [[Zionism|idea]] [Zionism] in itself is only natural, beautiful and just. Who can contest the rights of the Jews on Palestine? My God, historically it is your country!
-**Yousef al-Khalidi, Mayor of Jerusalem early 1900s, Quoted in ''Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter'', p. 51.
+**[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yussef-diya-uddin-al-khalidi Yousef al-Khalidi], Mayor of Jerusalem early 1900s, Quoted in ''Defining Neighbors: Religion, Race, and the Early Zionist-Arab Encounter'', p. 51.
 *To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar.
-**Rabbi Anan ben David, ''Ketubot'' 111a. Translated in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].
+**[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anan-ben-David Rabbi ‘Anan ben David], ''Ketubot'' [https://www.sefaria.org/Ketubot.111a.9?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en 111a:9]. Translated in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', [https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].
 * The Zionist aspiration includes not only the return to the Land of Israel, but also the return to the soil.
 ** [[Menaḥem Ussishkin]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/10790 Between Shiny Gold and a Burning Sword]”