yishuv

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• Agricultural development and the drive for Jewish self-sufficiency came to be seen as the most important activity of the Yishuv.

  Academic text (1996)

• Although about half of those who arrived in Palestine later left the country, this period of immigration brought many of the leaders destined to lead the Yishuv into statehood, including Prime Ministers David Ben-Gurion and Levi Eshkol.

  Academic text (1996)

• The making of Israel out of the Yishuv was a result of a globalized migration of people, ideas, and capital.

  Academic text (1999)

• The Yishuv authorities also issued veiled threats such as "You may stay, but we cannot promise you food."

  Academic text (2002)

• But the Yishuv had several distinct advantages over the Arabs.

  Academic text (2002)

• As the end of the war approached, the Yishuv had resumed its struggle for statehood.

  Academic text (2002)

• In August, Ben-Gurion got the Yishuv leaders in Jerusalem to endorse the Biltmore program.

  Academic text (2002)

• Spanning the years 1904 to 1914, this period is considered a watershed in the development of the Yishuv and in the shaping of the political culture of the State of Israel.

  Academic text (1996)

• In the words of A.D. Gordon (1856-1922), one of the most influential thinkers of the early Yishuv, "The Land of Israel will not be Jewish, even if Jews settle in it and buy land, unless they work the land with their own hands."

  Academic text (1996)

• When the British took over, they insisted on the installation of a Chief Rabbinate to oversee Jewish religious issues in the Yishuv (as well as governing bodies for Muslims and Christians).

  Academic text (1999)

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