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*Palestine is the holiest of all countries | *Palestine is the holiest of all countries | ||
**Mishnah, quoted in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', “[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine]” | **Mishnah, quoted in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', “[https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/11867-palestine-holiness-of Holiness of Palestine].” | ||
*The generation of Jews we wish to raise in the Land of Israel will be not of the twelfth or of the twentieth century, but, on the one hand, of the thirtieth, and, on the other hand, of a much earlier age, earlier than your entire era, of the period of the Prophets and the Hasmoneans. | *The generation of Jews we wish to raise in the Land of Israel will be not of the twelfth or of the twentieth century, but, on the one hand, of the thirtieth, and, on the other hand, of a much earlier age, earlier than your entire era, of the period of the Prophets and the Hasmoneans. | ||
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*It was the Jewish genius that bestowed its radiance upon Palestine. | *It was the Jewish genius that bestowed its radiance upon Palestine. | ||
**[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] | **[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. | *Each land has some unique property, but the Land of Israel is endowed with all of these, lacking none. | ||
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*To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar. | *To be buried in Palestine is like being buried under the altar. | ||
**[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]” | **[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. | * 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]” | ** [[Menaḥem Ussishkin]] in “[https://benyehuda.org/read/10790 Between Shiny Gold and a Burning Sword].” | ||