When he arrived in Palestine there were only 60.000 Jews in residence. He was to remain there through two generations and six wars and to see his homeland altered from the condition of an oriental satrapy to that of an outstanding modern nation with a population of some 3 million souls. Born in Russia. some 87 years ago. he emigrated first to Poland. with his fathers family. then to Palestine where he arrived as a stowaway at the age of 20. He was already a Zionist. determined on working for the return of Palestine to the custody of its former owners. the Jewish people. At the time of his arrival.
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