See my library for useful primary sources on Zionism.
My hewiki account I plan to use to improve my Hebrew.
Interesting quotes
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Future generations will judge us and ask: Were you careful, did you know clearly what you were doing?
— Chaim Weizmann, as President of the World Zionist Organization, 1930.
The course of Arab history will be largely linked to the way we deal with [our shortcomings], and the results we achieve in [improving] them.
— Palestinian leader Musa Alami, 1949.
What a boon [blessing] to mankind it would be if the Jews and the Arabs of Palestine were to strive together to make their Holy Land into a thriving, peaceful Switzerland situated at the heart of this ancient highway between East and West.
— 1947 Ihud Statement, given by Martin Buber and Judah L. Magnes
Why do we struggle in Palestine? And why do the Arab peoples push thousands of their youth into the abysses of combat? .. The answer to this question is that we strive to repel the calamity of injustice and aggression, and to protect our being from the danger of oppression and imperialism. The truth is that the Arab nation has not faced in its long history a danger more terrifying in its horror than the danger to which it is exposed today
— Syrian intellectual Constantin Zureiq, 1948
I believe there is a solution [to the hostilities], and if we cannot find it, then I consider that Zionism has failed utterly.
— Zionist leader Henrietta Szold
Your device of calling Palestine 'The Land of Israel' is only saving Israel with your mouth.
— Israel Zangwill, 1925
If from the very beginning, in our striving to establish a settlement of our own, we turn to the world seeking help, no blessing will rest upon us. We have not yet offered anything, and already we demand too much. If we wish others to believe in us, if we wish to believe in ourselves, we must accomplish everything by our own strength; we must trust in nothing but our own self-reliance.
— Zionist icon Joseph Trumpeldor
We ate the fish of the Jordan, but Israel drank the river
— Palestinian leader Ahmed Shukeiri
Return the land of Israel to us, and after a few generations there will be 8 million Jews and 2 million Arabs living there, with room to spare — and there will also be peace
— Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Pages I've created
editZionist leaders
editI plan to create at least 100 pages of Zionist activists, aiming for 300 by 2030. So far, I’ve creeated:
- Nehemia de Lieme: head of JNF and Netherlands Zionist organization for several years).
- Szneur Zalman Bychowski: attended the First Zionist congress and a few that followed, founded Warsaw Maccabi branch.
- In the proccess of rewriting Selig Brodetsky. Feel free to help here: User:NorthernWinds/Selig Brodetsky.
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| This barnstar is given to NorthernWinds for three straight months of contributions to WikiProject Unreferenced articles with a tally of ~2279 points as of May 31. Your citations have helped to reduce the backlog by 12,000+ articles since the beginning of the year. To the June backlog drive and beyond! Cielquiparle (talk) 20:45, 31 May 2025 (UTC) |
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| Hey NorthernWinds, Thanks so much for all the great sources you’ve added on the Zionism page! You’ve not only pointed me to some places I want to look into more, but you’ve also added extremely helpful information that I wouldn’t have been able to find on my own… Slava570 (talk) 15:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC) |
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| Thank you for teaching by example, LumenArchivorum (talk) 18:59, 12 June 2026 (UTC) |