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colonialist, that is: indirect concrete activists, who are never able to bring you the good in the land, - these who hold your patrons, they harm your ideas and oppose it in an absolute manner, in short they help you toward the main goal - for the political war for the political "Ersatz" [substitute].

Various means that could defeat this stream of "colonialist politics". For example: buying land for sums unheard of before and building neighborhoods with it, for which every Hebrew family paid a heavy price. Is this the Yishuv [settlement]? No. But it is possible that this is good colonial politics, because it creates positions for you, it shows your ability, and it paves the way for you for help / in your political war.

The sport of Aliyah also belongs to the second category. As a means of achievement in itself, there is nothing to discuss. But as a means to break through political obstacles and rivals; to force the world to remember something it would surely have forgotten;—these things we do not want at all in order to make our side popular in the world, which is almost enamored with publicity and relates with respect to adventures, in contrast to the unpopularity and aversion in this matter. Of those who wish to make us fail and also / if they succeed / to catch us; and first and foremost to preserve within us, in the entire Jewish soul, a victory of pride and also stability and recognition, that even in the most difficult time it is impossible to bind our future;—for all these goals, and for a hundred like them, I forgive with all my heart the national sport, and I take off my hat before those who are resolute, who know how to appreciate this title and designate it for its honor.

13. The Jewish State – The Goal of Our War.

The Jewish State is our only war-aim in the full sense of the word. Without it, there can be no cure for the poisoning and consuming plague of Europe: because without it there can be no