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Perhaps the most important "contradiction" is peace"; the Trumpeldor Covenant hardly recognizes "ideological shaatnez."

Just as shaatnez is called a fabric of forbidden mixture—half wool and half linen—and in Leviticus it is explicitly forbidden. The reason for the prohibition is also clear. In ancient times, the world of the economy was divided into two "fundamental" worlds: working the land and herding flocks. Between these two worlds there existed a known hatred, which was expressed even in the days of Cain and Abel. For the weaving [of linen], as is known, requires a wide and specific plot of land. For the tillers of the land wore clothes of linen, and the shepherds of flocks—clothes of wool. In this way, it was possible to recognize what kind of person one was coming into contact and doing business with. However, a person dressed in a "shaatnez" garment woven of a mixture is neither this one, nor that one—he is not counted among "our own" and is not even a proper opponent. And according to the Torah, this thing is forbidden. The Trumpeldor Covenant is the attempt to eliminate the shaatnez within the movement.

This fact alone about the Zionism of the youth in our generation—that it is polarized and separated—proves that it cannot be the standard-bearer for the Jewish and sovereign cause. It is impossible to be enthusiastic as half a person. If so, one must support the enthusiasm for other ideals; and from this, "leftists" demand social orders, or social revolutions, and instead of promoting and guiding Zionism, the first result of this enthusiasm is evident in that Zionism not only becomes connected to other things, but is also made conditional—a "conditional" Zionism. The goal of saving the Jewish people no longer stands in its own right. "On the condition that it will be" is only a means "to serve" or to bring benefit or to add to the tradition of the uniqueness of nations, etc. And therefore, the national structure must be built according to capitalist or proletarian methods, or—whatever they may be called—without capitalism and without exploitation. All of this is very nice, but what does one do when it becomes clear that all this is impossible? And have not events clearly shown that such a thing is not possible, that the building of the Land cannot be realized from private capital, and capital without interest—which, according to the theory of Marx, originates only in exploitation. Thus, jealousy is inevitable; and so, if the "condition" does not exist, then the thing itself is nullified. The leftist youth organizations begin to serve as way-stations on the path leading...