The idea which I have developed in this pamphlet is a
very old one: it is the restoration of the Jewish State....
We have honestly endeavored everywhere to merge
ourselves in the social life of surrounding communities
and to preserve the faith of our fathers. We are not
permitted to do so....
No one can deny the gravity of the situation of the Jews.
Wherever they live in perceptible numbers, they are more
or less persecuted. Their equality before the law, granted
by statute, has become practically a dead letter. They are
debarred from filling even moderately high positions,
either in the army, or in any public or private capacity.
And attempts are made to thrust them out of business
also: "Don't buy from Jews!"
Attacks in Parliaments, in assemblies, in the press, in the
pulpit, in the street, on journeys - for example, their
avalurinn from nartain hotale - avan in nlange of
Which statement supports Herzl's argument that
widespread anti-Semitism increases the need for the
creation of a Jewish state?
O "It is the restoration of the Jewish State."
O "We have honestly endeavored everywhere to
merge ourselves in the social life."
"to preserve the faith of our fathers"
"Wherever they live in perceptible numbers, they are
more or less persecuted."
