Thought Is A Strenuous Art - Few

We Regard It As Our Duty To Declare That Jewish Jerusalem Is An Organic And Inseparable Part Of The State Of Israel, As It Is An Inseparable Part Of The History Of Israel, Of The Faith Of Israel.

In The Land Of Israel Was Born The Jewish Nation. There Came An Order To Kill The Religious And Social Spirit Of The People. . . . And After The Nation Turned Back To Its Land With Strength, It Protected It Steadfastly. . . .

Israel's Economic And Cultural Progress Is Due To Three Things: The Pioneering Spirit That Inspires The Best Of Our Immigrant And Israeli Youth, Who Respond To The Challenge Of Our Desolute Areas And The Ingathering Of The Exiles; The Feeling Of Diaspora Jewry That They Are Partners In The Enterprise Of Israel's Resurgence In The Ancient Homeland Of The Jewish People; And The Power Of Science, And Technology Which Israel Unceasingly, And Not Without Success, Tries To Enhance.

We Don't Consider Manual Work As A Curse, Or A Bitter Necessity, Not Even As A Means Of Making A Living. We Consider It As A High Human Function, As The Basis Of Human Life, The Most Dignified Thing In The Life Of The Human Being, And Which Ought To Be Free, Creative. Men Ought To Be Proud Of It.

When A Jew, In America Or In South Africa, Talks To His Jewish Companions About 'our' Government, He Means The Government Of Israel.