Let it not be forgotten that during the 2.000 years of Hebrew occupation of Palestine the land was coveted by all ambitious conquerors as a land of flowing milk and honey. After the destruction of the second Jewish commonwealth by the legions of Titus the land became more and more barren. laid waste by the sword. famine. plagues. and the sweeping sands of the desert. Nevertheless Jewish emigration into the Holy Land was never interrupted. The poet Judah Halevi left prosperous Spain for desolate Judea. meeting death in the attainment of his ideal. Half a century ago the modern Zionist movement made its appearance.
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