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Israel's anniversary is a good time to turn to the architect
of the state of Israel. David Ben-Gurion, for inspiration.
The zakan who even as an octogenarian is youthfully
spirited had given one of the finest evaluations of Zionist
and Israeli history at the 28th World Zionist Congress in
Jerusalem in January. The pity is that his, among the four
or five most evaluative addresses on Zionist history, delivered
at the Zionist Congress. were not made available in their
totality for Jewish consumption on a worldwide scale.
Mr. Ben-Gurion was kind to this Writer: he provided
him with the original text of his address. which was delivered
as a reply to the honot,s extended to him on his 85th birthday
at the WZCongress sesion on Jan."19.
It was a brief address-in a text of only six and a half
pages of triple-spaced typewritten copy, in Hebrew. Portions
of the address are reproduced here.
He gave an outline. of Zionist history. He recalled the
three wars, and he took into account the dedication to Israel
of American Jewry.
He recalled the role of the Alliance Israelite t'niverselle
---these are the only words in English in his prepared text-
and in that connection he spoke about the labors for Jewish
national revival of Adolphe ('remieux and Carl Netter. The •
latter %%as the founder of the Mikve Israel Agriculture Farm
and School in 1970 It was an occasion for = renewal of inspired
interest in a great pioneering effort. And it gave Mr. Ben-
i ilirion an opportunity to speak about one of the tragic events

of the last century. the Damascus Affair. which was resolved
by the activities of Adolphe ('remieux in exposing the ritual

murder libel that was concocted in 1940.
There are so many important references to historic
occurrences in the brief address of David Ben-Gurion! The
first Israel prime minister spoke about the establishment of
the first Jewish colony in Israel-Petah"Tikva. He proceeded
to tell about the other new settlements that were created
in the 1880s Rishon LeZion. 'Zikhron Yaakov, Rosh Pina.
lie mentioned historically important Jewish names. He re-
called the outbreak of pogroms in Russia in 1881 and the
formation of the BILU (Beth Yaakov Lekhu vetielkha) move-
ment and the trek of JewiSh students to Israel, some to work
in Mikve Israel. Among the latter was, he pointed out, Zeev
(Vladimir( Dubnov. brother of the famous Jewish historian
Shimon Dubnov. The historian opposed his brother's decision
to go to Eretz Israel and asked him to return to Russia. In
1882. Ben-Gurion stated in his address, the historian received
a reply from his brother, from Eretz Israel, setting forth his
and his fellow settlers' objectives in settling in the Israel-to-be.
Zvi wrote to Shimon that his aim was a selfless, national
one, that:
"Our objective is to conquer the /and and• to return to

the Jews their national independence of which they were
deprived 2,000 years ago. Do not laugh! This is not a mere
dream. The means to achieve this aim should be in the
following ways: By establishing work and agricultural settle-
ments and the -foundation of various industries and their
expansion: in brief, to snake an effort that all the land and
industry should be in the Lands of Jews. Besides, we must
train our youth to be able to handle guns for self-defense.
Under the free and wild Turks this is attainable. The splendid
day will come for fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy of comfort.
Then the Jews will proclaim with weapons in hands. if
necessary, and in a loud •owe that they are masters of their

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David Ben-Gurion, the Architect of the
State of Israel. His Nation's Inspirer

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homeland. It does not ?natter if this will take 50 years or
more. Concede, this is a splendid ideal."

The Ben-Gurion speech dealt with the major problems,
with the need for increased immigration, with the aspiration
for peace.
Most impressive were the concluding sentiments. For
many years the inspirer of Bible studies, the Israeli states-
man returned to that theme in order to emphasize the
prophetic goal for Israel's redemption, as well as the teach-
ings of justice for all mankind, and he concluded with the
following five quotations:
Isaiah, 45:18:
For thus saith the Lord that createth the heavens.

He is God:
i and made it.
That formed the e
lie established it ,
waste. He formed it to be in-
He created it no
habited:
I am the Lord, and there is none else.

Leviticus, IX:

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself . . . and if
a stranger sojourn in your land .. . thou shalt love
him as thyself, for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt . -

Isaiah 42:6:
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I the Lord have called thee in righteousness . . .
and set thee for a covenant of the people, for a

light of the nations.

Isaiah 2:4:

Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war any rnore.

Amos 9:14-15:
And I will turn the captivity of My people Israel,
And they shall build the ,waste cities, and inhabit

them:
And they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine
thereof;
They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of
them.
And I will plant them upon their land
And they shall no more be plucked up
Out of their land which I have given them,
Saith the Lord thy God.

This is Torah for our generation, on Israel's 24th anni-
versary• from the lips of the great statesman who proclaimed
Israel's independence. There is totality of spirit in these
selections-for peace and for creativity, for justice to man-
kind, for fulfillment of prophecy.
David Ben-Gurion has enriched his people with this
message, and he has blessed your commentator by making
the text of his address available to be shared by a large
audience.

