yishuv

Part of the reason we chose to live in a yishuv was the clean air and the proximity to open spaces, not to mention the wildlife.

West Bank Mama 2009

The yishuv panicked … Many people tried to find a way out of the country, but it was not easy … Some … were taking no chances; they carried cyanide capsules.

Wonk Room » Dershowitz: Palestinians ‘Played A Significant Role In The Holocaust’ 2009

“A necessary condition for the realization of Zionism is the conquest of all branches of work in Eretz Israel by Jews”—this was the slogan of Hapoel Hatzair, a small but influential group founded in 1905 and regarded as the conscience of the labor movement in the yishuv, the pre-state Jewish settlement in Palestine.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

Gordon wrote that “Hebrew laborers are for the yishuv what blood is to a healthy body.”

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

First, the yishuv reserved most of the skilled work for fellow Jews; later, most of the less-skilled work as well.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

Likewise, a popular song in the yishuv, the pre-state Jewish community in Palestine, put a twist on the traditional story of Hanukkah.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

The kibbutz, promoted by collective land purchases, socialist in ideology, mutated, in a sense, into the armed yeomen of the yishuv.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

But the settlers of the yishuv were not those of the Old Testament, who smote the natives with absolute, even genocidal, ruthlessness.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

The yishuv became both more exclusive and more forceful.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010

But while most of the yishuv embraced the idea of Hebrew labor in principle, they had to acknowledge that Arab workers were both less costly and more skilled.

The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010