Called for unity among Zionists. Asked understanding with Arabs. Stated adherence “in work and spirit” to Palestine Mandate. Declared Jewish National Home must “grow and develop. No man has the right to fix the boundaries of the march of a nation. No man has the right to say: Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther.” Stated “100 years ago Israel stood with downcast eyes and bent back, a Wandering Jew, outlawed by the world. Now Israel stands a proud and erect laborer, a pioneer of civilization in the East.” Stressed industrial development of country; cited agricultural progress on Jewish National Fund Land; hailed cultural achievements of Zionism, describing revival of language of the Bible as “the greatest miracle of our age.”
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
