Changes

About a year after that, Arlozorov was assassinated, and in the elections for the Israel National Congress (in 1933) there was a radical change in the balance of power of the Zionist movement.  For the first time in the history of the Zionist movement, the Working Israel faction was the largest faction in Congress.  The 17th Zionist Congress (1931) had 69 delegates out of 240 for the workers, the 18th Congress (1933) had 132 delegates out of 306. The general Zionists had 80 delegates in the 17th Congress, the 18th Congress - only 70;  The revisionists also dwindled.  Instead of 47 delegates in the 17th Congress, they had only 46 in the 18th Congress (43 delegates from Jabotinsky's people, 3 delegates from Grossman's people).  A management of workers and radical Zionists was established in this Congress, with the majority of the management being workers.  In this year I was elected to the Zionist management;  I then saw the main role of the Zionist movement in increasing the immigration;  This was the year [[Hitler]] came to power in Germany.  At the first Histadrut Council that was held after the 18th Congress, I clarified our path in Zionism: "'''At a difficult and perilous time, a heavy responsibility fell upon our movement, when it never had, for the fate of Zionism.  The disaster that befell German Jewry is not limited to Germany alone.  Hitler's rule endangers the entire Jewish people.  Hitlerism fought not only the Jews of Germany, but the Jews of the whole world.  Hitler's regime cannot exist for a long time without war''', without a war of revenge against France, Poland, the Czech Republic and the other countries where the German tribes land or against the expansive Soviet Russia.  The Jewish people do not have a global factor in their power to prevent and delay this danger, or to weaken and reduce it.  But there is one corner of the world, where we are a major factor, if not yet decisive, and this corner conditioned our entire national future as a nation.  What will be our strength and weight in this corner on the terrible judgment day, when the great disaster breaks out in the world?  Who knows, maybe only four or five years (if not less) stand between us and that terrible day.  During this period we must double our number, because the size of the settlement that day will perhaps determine the fate of our future on the day of decision.  This is one of the reasons why we need to see the question of aliyah at the center of our questions".

About a year after that, Arlozorov was assassinated, and in the elections for the Israel National Congress (in 1933) there was a radical change in the balance of power of the Zionist movement.  For the first time in the history of the Zionist movement, the Working Israel faction was the largest faction in Congress.  The 17th Zionist Congress (1931) had 69 delegates out of 240 for the workers, the 18th Congress (1933) had 132 delegates out of 306. The general Zionists had 80 delegates in the 17th Congress, the 18th Congress - only 70;  The revisionists also dwindled.  Instead of 47 delegates in the 17th Congress, they had only 46 in the 18th Congress (43 delegates from Jabotinsky's people, 3 delegates from Grossman's people).  A management of workers and radical Zionists was established in this Congress, with the majority of the management being workers.  In this year I was elected to the Zionist management;  I then saw the main role of the Zionist movement in increasing the immigration;  This was the year [[Hitler]] came to power in Germany.  At the first Histadrut Council that was held after the 18th Congress, I clarified our path in Zionism: "'''At a difficult and perilous time, a heavy responsibility fell upon our movement, when it never had, for the fate of Zionism.  The disaster that befell German Jewry is not limited to Germany alone.  Hitler's rule endangers the entire Jewish people.  Hitlerism fought not only the Jews of Germany, but the Jews of the whole world.  Hitler's regime cannot exist for a long time without war''', without a war of revenge against France, Poland, the Czech Republic and the other countries where the German tribes land or against the expansive Soviet Russia.  The Jewish people do not have a global factor in their power to prevent and delay this danger, or to weaken and reduce it.  But there is one corner of the world, where we are a major factor, if not yet decisive, and this corner conditioned our entire national future as a nation.  What will be our strength and weight in this corner on the terrible judgment day, when the great disaster breaks out in the world?  Who knows, maybe only four or five years (if not less) stand between us and that terrible day.  During this period we must double our number, because the size of the settlement that day will perhaps determine the fate of our future on the day of decision.  This is one of the reasons why we need to see the question of aliyah at the center of our questions".

And although we were able to increase the immigration in those years, until in 1935 it reached a peak of 61,000;  And the right of the High Commissioner, General Walkop, who helped us to a considerable extent in those days, will be remembered.

And although '''we were able to increase the immigration in those years, until in 1935 it reached a peak of 61,000''';  And the right of the High Commissioner, General Walkop, who helped us to a considerable extent in those days, will be remembered.

However, as the person responsible for the Zionist policy, I could not ignore the Arab problem, and after being elected to the board, I spoke with the leaders of the Arabs in Israel and with the representatives of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, and tried to find a common platform for the Zionist movement and its aspirations and the Arab national movement.</blockquote>

However, as the person responsible for the Zionist policy, I could not ignore the Arab problem, and after being elected to the board, I spoke with the leaders of the Arabs in Israel and with the representatives of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, and tried to find a common platform for the Zionist movement and its aspirations and the Arab national movement.</blockquote>