The Inheritance of Our Fathers

Newspaper: Jewish Herald
posted on:
28 In mar 1972
subjects:
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Arabs of Israel, Fatah, Jewish Majority, Palestinians, PLO. Ideologies - Communism. States - Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Soviet Union (Russia), Syria. Human Rights - Equal rights. Individuals - Golda Meir, Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Greater Land of Israel - Greater Israel, Settlements. Political Parties - Herut. Jewish Nationality , Aliyah - Return to Zion. Security - Self-Defense, Six-Day War. Diaspora - World Congress
Begin takes the opportunity, at a meeting of the World Congress, to urge members to reaffirm the historic right to settle the land of Israel. He promises equal rights to all inhabitants, but warns that attempts to find a "solution of the Palestinian people's problem" are veiled attempts to destroy the Jewish people. He allays fears of a demographic threat, noting that earlier projections of the numbers of olim were inaccurate and explaining why aliyah is often different from regular emigration.