Subjects: Greater Land of Israel

The Magnificent Emergency

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Article by Begin for Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence Day) 1968, recounting the events that had transpired since the previous Independence Day. On Yom Haatzmaut 1967, even as Jews were both mourning the Holocaust and celebrating the resurgence of their people Israel, Colonel Nasser of Egypt ordered his troops to go into the Northern Sinai Peninsula. Soon the combined forces of three large Arab armies from Egypt, Syria, and Jordan surrounded Israel. Israel still won and took the Suez Canal, but Nasser was still spouting the same rhetoric a year after the war. Other Arab leaders made similar declarations about their intent to destroy Israel, in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. Israel is in a state of “magnificent emergency” where it is under threat but has great opportunities to settle and claim its land. To this end Israel needs another mass aliyah from western Jewry and to initiate economic reforms to ensure a free market and economic growth that westerners expect.

Begin Stresses Herut Role in Victory

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On the occasion of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Begin notes the contribution of Herut and other disciples of Ze’ev Jabotinsky to Israel’s creation, survival and victory in the Six-Day War.

Warning and Call to the Polish Leaders

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Begin discusses at length the continuing anti-Semitism present in European nations, particularly in Poland, expressed currently through anti-Zionism. He details the threat of communist nations to Jews and calls for Poland to let its Jewish inhabitants make aliyah in peace.

Menachem Begin on Israeli Chauvinism and Aliya

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Excerpts from a speech Begin gave at the World Conference of Zionist leaders after the Six Day War. Begin questions why the conference has not properly addressed the “urgency of the revolutionary hour” after the Six Day War, when Israel’s existence was threatened by the massive build-up of Arab Armies on its borders and won a great victory, taking back the land of Western Eretz Israel. He questions those who accuse Zionists of ‘chauvinism’ when Frenchmen and Poles are allowed to love their lands and express joy that they have reclaimed lost territory. Begin then says that although Israel has a large Jewish majority, a mass aliyah from countries like the USA is necessary to maintain that majority. Israel’s future depends on such an aliyah.

Menachem Begin’s Stirring Message of Hope and Faith

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The conclusion of Begin’s speech regarding Israel’s right to retain territories liberated in the Six-Day War. Here, he focuses on maintaining a Jewish majority in Israel through encouraging aliyah and a strong national unity government in order to persevere. Part 3 of 3.