The President of Israel
Sic —In the Spectator of November 25th you pay proper tribute to a great man—Dr. Weizrnann. It seems a pity to spoil this with slurring remarks on Zionism, of which Dr. Weizmann was, since 1917, and still is, the leader. Equally, as you rightly say, you cannot dissociate Dr. Weizmann from the deeds of the Government of Israel. However, you can have no basis for your opinion that the Government of Israel has "shown a considerable watering-down from Zionism's pioneering idealism." The ideal was, and still is, to re-create a healthy Jewish nation in Palestine by close settlement on the land without personal gain, but with the object of enabling the Jewish people to return to Israel. Who can assert, in this age of cynicism, that this is a watering-down sit
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