Begin: The Haunted ProphetTraces Begin's life from its beginning in the East European ghetto to the office of Israel's Prime Minister. |
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... Jewish people . Nobody asked in those days how much a Jewish State would cost . It was for them a concrete problem of a republic of millions . When you talked about a Jewish soldier , it was an ideal . The Jew went to be a soldier for ...
... Jewish people . Nobody asked in those days how much a Jewish State would cost . It was for them a concrete problem of a republic of millions . When you talked about a Jewish soldier , it was an ideal . The Jew went to be a soldier for ...
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... Jewish State in Palestine . Begin's scepticism had proved well founded . As a result , the Haganah lived up to another of his predictions , one that had provoked the only crisis of confidence he experi- enced as commander of the Irgun ...
... Jewish State in Palestine . Begin's scepticism had proved well founded . As a result , the Haganah lived up to another of his predictions , one that had provoked the only crisis of confidence he experi- enced as commander of the Irgun ...
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... Jews ' unique trauma . They had been the victims of an extermination programme which had almost succeeded . Six million Jews had died for no crime other than being Jewish . " They have gone through , it is true , the most terrible ...
... Jews ' unique trauma . They had been the victims of an extermination programme which had almost succeeded . Six million Jews had died for no crime other than being Jewish . " They have gone through , it is true , the most terrible ...
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Born unto Zion | 1 |
At the Feet of the Master | 10 |
Flight and Arrest | 21 |
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