9 This description of conditions in Palestine is based on S. Avitsur, Chaye Yom Yom Be-erets Yisrael Ba-mea Ha-tshaesre [Daily Life in the Land of Israel During the Nineteenth Century] (Tel Aviv: Am Hasefer, 1972), p. 129 ff.
10 For the pogroms’ role in driving the Jews to Palestine see S. Laskov, Ha-biluyim [The Biluyim] (Jerusalem: Zionist Organization, 1979), introduction; also A. Shapira, Cherev Ha-yona [The Dove’s Sword] (Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1992), p. 58 ff.
11 Cf. A. L. Avneri, Ha-hityashvut Ha-yehudit Ve-teanat Ha-nishul, 1878-1948 [Jewish Settlement and the Myth of Expropriation, 1878-1948] (Efal: Tavenkin Institute, 1980), p. 13 ff.
12 On the Ottoman landowning system see Ph. E. Schoenberg, “Palestine in the Year 1914” (Ph.D. thesis, New York University, 1978), pp. 23-32.
14 E.g., Y. L. Pinsker, Autoemancipatsia [Autoemancipation, 1881], M. Yoeli, ed. (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Education, 1970), is one long tirade against the bad qualities that Jews supposedly acquired in the diaspora.
15 Y. Doron, “Ha-tsiyonut Ha-klasit Ve-ha-antishemiut Ha-modernit: Hakbalot Vehashpaot, 1883-1914” [Classical Zionism and Modern Anti-Semitism: Parallels and Influences, 1883-1914], Ha-tsionut 8 (1989): 57-103.
16 See G. Israel, The Jews in Russia (New York: St. Martin’s, 1975), for a short account.
17 S. A. Cohen, “The Bible and Intra-Jewish Portraits of King David,” Jewish Political Studies Review 3 (1991): 49-66.
18 Y. Klausner, Ha-ktavim Ha-Tsioniyim shel Ha-rav Tsvi Kalisher [The Zionist Writings of Rebbe Kalisher] (Jerusalem: Kuk, 1947), p. 36; J. H. Alkelai, “Minchat Yehuda” [Juda’s Offering], in Ketavim [Writings] (Jerusalem: Kuk, 1944), vol. 1.
19 Ts. H. Kalisher, Drishat Tsion , in G. Kresel, ed., Rabbi Yehuda Alklai—Rabbi Tsvi Hirsch Kalisher, Mivchar Ktavim [Rabbi Yhuda Alkelai and Rabbi Tsvi Hirsch Kalisher, Selected Writings] (Tel Aviv: Shreberk, n.d.), p. 138.
20 The first modern mention is in M. Y. Berdichevsky, Machshavot Ve-torot [Thoughts and Doctrines] (Leipzig: private printing, 1922), pp. 34-38. See also B. Schwartz and others, “The Recovery of Masada: A Study in Collective Memory,” The Sociological Quarterly 27:2 (1986): 147-164.
21 The document is pretend in M. Berslevsky, Tnuat Ha-poalim Ha-erets Yisraelit [The Workers’ Movement of Erets Yisrael ] (Tel Aviv: Ha-kibbuts Ha-meuchad, 1967), pp. 293-296.
22 Shire Yaakov Cohen [The Poems of Y. Cohen] (Tel Aviv: Dvir, n.d.), pp. 75-76.
23 The Jewish-German paper, Selbtstemancipation , No. 1, 1880, quoted by Doron, “Ha-tsiyonut Ha-klasit,” p. 68.
24 Th. Herzl, The Jewish State (London: The Zionist Organization, 1934 [1896]), p. 72.
25 Cf. R. Wistrich, “Tsiyonuto shel Herzl ben Mitos Le-utopia” [Herzl’s Zionism between Myth and Utopia], in D. Ochana and R Wistrich, eds., Mitos Ve-zikaron [Myth and Memory] (Tel Aviv: Ha-kibbuts Ha-meuchad, 1996), p. 111.
26 Th. Herzl, Ha-yoman [The Diary] (Tel Aviv: Sifriya Tsiyonit, 1978-1991), vol. 1, pp. 50-51, entry for June 9, 1985.
27 R. Patai, ed., The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl (New York: Herzl Press, 1960), vol. 1, pp. 27, 33, 43, 77.
28 Y. Slutsky, Mavo Le-Toldot Tnuat Ha-avoda Ha-yisraelit [Introduction to the History of the Israeli Labor Movement] (Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1973), p. 160 ff.
29 The customs that prevailed in the madfa are described in Ts. Nadav, Bi-yme Shmira Ve-hagana [In the Days of Guarding and Defending] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1954), pp. 74-76.
30 I. Ivri (pseud. for Y. Klausner), Chashash [Fear], Ha-shiloach 17 (1907);J. Aharonovitsh, Klape Pnim [Turning Inward], Ha-poel Ha-tsair , November 1, 1912.
31 The death-threatening document, dated January 1914, is printed in Y. Goldstein, Chavurat-Ha-roim [The Shepherds’ Association] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1993), p. 21.
33 A. Pialkov and Y. Rabinovitsh, eds., Yitschak Tabenkin, Pirke Chayim [Yitschak Tabenkin, a Life] (Kibbuts Beeri: Yad Tabenkin, 1982), p. 54.
34 A typical contract is printed in S. Shva, Shevet Ha-noazim: Korot Maniya Ve-Yisrael Shochet Ve-Chavrehem Be-“Ha-shomer” [The Daring Tribe: The Story of Manya and Yisrael Shochet and Their Comrades in “Ha-shomer”] (Tel Aviv: Sifriyat Ha-poalim, 1970), pp. 138-139.
35 A typical episode of this sort is described in G. Gra, Ha-shomer [Ha-shomer] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1985), p. 96.
36 It is described in Y. Ben Tsvi et al., eds., Sefer Ha-shomer [The Book of Ha-shomer] (Tel Aviv: Dvir, n.d.), p. 21.
37 The role played by women in Ha-shomer is discussed by Gra, Ha-shomer , p. 66 ff.; also Y. Goldstein, Ba-derech el Ha-yaad: “Bar Giora” Ve-“Ha-shomer” 1907-1935 [Toward the Objective: “Bar Giora” and “Hashomer,” 1907-1935] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1994), pp. 62-71.
43 Cf. N. Efrati, “Ha-yishuv Ha-yehudi Be-erets Yisrael Bi-tkufat Milchemet Ha-olam Ha-rishona” [The Jewish Settlement in Palestine During World War I] (Ph.D. thesis, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1986), p. 270 ff.
44 Cf. Goldstein, Ba-derech el Ha-yaad , p. 45 ff.
46 A typical session is described in Kovets Ha-shomer [Ha-shomer File] (Tel Aviv: Archion Ha-avoda, 1938), pp. 484-489.
CHAPTER 2
1 The relationships that prevailed are described in A. Druyanov, Ktavim Le-Toldot Chibat-Tsion Ve-Yishuv Erets Yisrael [Writings on the History of the Chibat-Tsion Movement and the Settlement of Palestine], S. Laskov ed. (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 1982), document nos. 791, 798.
3 D. R. Divine, Politics and Society in Ottoman Palestine: The Arab Struggle for Survival and Power (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1994), p. 145 ff.
4 Quoted in H. M. Kalvarisky, “Ha-Yechasim ben Ha-Yehudim Ve-ha-Aravim Lifne Ha-milchama” [Relationships Between Jews and Arabs Before the War], Sheifotenu 2 (1931): 54.
5 Y. Porath, The Emergence of the Palestinian-Arab National Movement, 1918-1929 (London: Cass, 1974), pp. 28-29.
6 The most authoritative account of this episode is S. Laskov, Trumpeldor: Sippur Chayav [Trumpeldor: Story of His Life] (Jerusalem: Keter, n.d.), p. 228 ff.; for the subsequent legend see A. Shapira, Cherev Ha-yona [The Dove’s Sword] (Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1992), p. 141 ff.
7 For statistics see A. L. Avneri, Ha-hityashvut Ha-yehudit Ve-teanat Ha-nishul, 1878- 1948 [Jewish Settlement and the Myth of Expropriation, 1878-1948] (Efal: Tavenkin Institute, 1980), p. 224 ff.
8 The activities of these battalions are described in Y. Elam, Ha-gdudim Ha-ivriyim [The Jewish Battalions] (Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1984).
9 The sufferings of Ha-shomer women are emphasized in G. Gra, Ha-shomer [Hashomer] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1985), p. 66 ff.
10 E. Talmi, Ma U-mi Ba-shmira U-ba-Hitgonenut [Who Is Who in Guarding and Defense] (Tel Aviv: Davar, 1978).
11 U. Ben Eliezer, Derech Ha-kavenet: Hivatsruto shel Ha-militarizm Ha-yisraeli, 1936- 1956 [Through the Gunsight: The Emergence of Israeli Militarism, 1936-1956] (Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1995), pp. 105-106.
13 Census of Palestine, 1931 (London: His Majesty’s Stationary Office, 1932), summary.
14 Term used by Y. Ratner, the organization’s future chief of staff, and quoted in M. Pail, Min Ha-hagana Li-Tsva Hagana [From the Hagana to the IDF] (Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1979), p. 19.
15 On the Hagana forces in Haifa see A. Lubrani, Darko shel Adam; Kovets Le-Zichro shel Yakov Pat [A Pamphlet in Memory of Yakov Pat] (Herzliya: private edition, 1958), p. 76; also B. Ts. Di-Nur, ed., Sefer Toldot Ha-hagana [The History of the Hagana] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1954), vol. 1, pt. 2, pp. 422-423.
16 The largest “ex” took place in November 1923 and is described in ibid., pp. 227 - 228 .
21 G. Biger, An Empire in the Holy Land: Historical Geography of the British Administration in Palestine, 1917-1929 (New York: St. Martin’s, 1994), pp. 158-159.
22 Di-nur, Sefer Toldot Ha-hagana , vol. 1, pt. 2, pp. 313, 404.
23 Ts. Eshel, Maarchot Ha-hagana Be-Chefa [The Hagana’s Campaigns in Haifa] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1978), p. 163 ff.
24 Y. Ben Tsvi et al., eds., Sefer Ha-shomer [The Book of Ha-shomer] (Tel Aviv: Dvir, n.d.), pp. 77 and 408, has two firsthand accounts of this mission.
25 Di-nur, Sefer Toldot Ha-hagana , vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 387.
CHAPTER 3
1 For the details of this plan see B. Ts. Di-Nur, ed., Sefer Toldot Ha-hagana [The History of the Hagana] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1954), vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 407 ff.
2 Z. Abramovitsh and Y. Glaft, Ha-meshek Ha-aravi Be-erets Yisrael U-be-artsot Hamizrach Ha-tichon [The Arab Economy in Palestine and the Middle East] (Tel Aviv: Ha-kibbuts Ha-meuchad, 1944), p. 39.
3 Di-nur, Sefer Toldot Ha-hagana , vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 479.
4 For a vivid account of Tel Aviv as it appeared during those years see S. Peres, Battling for Peace (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995), p. 17 ff.
5 These and other figures are from M. Asaf, Ha-yechasim ben Aravim Ve-yehudim Be-erets Yisrael, 1860-1948 [The Relationships Between Arabs and Jews in Palestine, 1860-1948] (Tel Aviv: Tarbut Ve-chinuch, 1967), p. 121 ff.
6 Y. Ratner, Chayai Ve-ani [My Life and I] (Tel Aviv: Schocken, 1978), p. 262.
7 A facsimile of the document is printed in Di-nur, Sefer Toldot Ha-hagana , vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 527.
8 Y. Elam, Ha-gdudim Ha-ivriyim [The Jewish Battalions] (Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1984), pp. 259-266.
9 See on this phenomenon A. Kadish, La-meshek Ve-la-neshek [To Farms and Arms] (Tel Aviv: Tag, 1995), pp. 190-191.
10 A. Gorali, Judge-Advocate General, Report, September 5, 1948, TSAHAL Archive, file 121/50/221.
11 Y. Horowitz, Mah Chidesh Ha-FOSH [FOSH Innovations] (Ranana: Snunit, 1985), p. 18.