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ALEXANDER AARONSOHN WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE. CHAPTER I ZICRON JACOB Thirty five years ago, the impulse which has since been organized as the Zionist Movement led my parents to leave their homes in Roumania and emigrate to Palestine, where they joined a number of other Jewish pioneers in founding Zicron Jacob  a little village lying just south of Mount Carmel, in that fertile coastal region close to the ancient Plains of Armageddon. ADES CHAPTER ONE THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO THE IMPULSE WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN ORGANIZED AS A ZIONIST MOVEMENT LED MY PARENTS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN ROMANIA AND EMIGRATE TO PALESTINE WHERE THEY JOINED A NUMBER OF OTHER JEWISH PIONEERS IN FOUNDING ZICRON JACOB A LITTLE VILLAGE JUST SOUTH OF MOUNT CARMEL IN THAT FERTILE COASTAL REGION CLOSE TO THE ANCIENT PLAINS OF ARMAGEDDON
aken place there, and yet hundreds of thousands are suffering there that worst of agonies, the agony of the spirit. Those who have devoted their lives to show the world that Palestine can be made again a country flowing with milk and honey, those who have dreamed of reviving the spirit of the prophets and the great teachers, are hanged and persecuted and exiled, their dreams shattered, their holy places profaned, their work ruined. Cut off from the world, with no bread to sustain the starving body, the heavy boot of a barbarian soldiery trampling their very soul, the dreamers of Palestine refuse to surrender, and amidst the clash of guns and swords they are battling for the spirit with the weapons of the spirit. The time has not yet come to write the record of these battles, nor even to attempt to render justice to the sublime heroes of Palestine. This book is merely the story of some of the personal experiences of one who has done less and suffered less than thousands of his comrades. ACTUAL FIGHTING HAS TAKEN PLACE THERE AND YET HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE SUFFERING THERE THAT WORST OF AGONIES THE AGONY OF THE SPIRIT THOSE WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT PALESTINE CAN BE MADE AGAIN A COUNTRY FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY THOSE WHO HAVE DREAMED OF REVIVING THE SPIRIT OF THE PROPHETS AND THE GREAT TEACHERS ARE HANGED AND PERSECUTED AND EXILED THEIR DREAMS SHATTERED THEIR HOLY PLACES PROFANED THEIR WORK RUINED CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD WITH NO BREAD TO SUSTAIN THE STARVING BODY THE HEAVY BOOT OF A BARBARIAN SOLDIERY TRAMPLING THEIR VERY SOUL THE DREAMERS OF PALESTINE REFUSE TO SURRENDER AND AMIDST THE CLASH OF GUNS AND SWORDS THEY ARE BATTLING FOR THE SPIRIT WITH THE WEAPONS OF THE SPIRIT THE TIME HAS NOT YET COME TO WRITE THE RECORD OF THESE BATTLES NOR EVEN TO ATTEMPT TO RENDER JUSTICE TO THE SUBLIME HEROES OF PALESTINE THIS BOOK IS MERELY THE STORY OF SOME OF THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF ONE WHO HAS DONE LESS AND SUFFERED LESS THAN THOUSANDS OF HIS COMR
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