Bnei Akiva is the world's largest youth movement of Religious Zionism. It is active all over the world, with over 50,000 members. Bnei Akiva believes that through religious commitment and work on the land of Israel, Jewish youth can achieve fulfillment and self - realization in an age of turmoil and unrest. As a pioneering Zionist youth movement, Bnei Akiva believes that it is a crucial mitzvah of Judaism to return to the land of Israel. Indeed the future of the Jewish people is obviously tied to the state of Israel. Bnei Akiva feels ...

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• Bnei Akiva - The Himnon anthem
• Bnei Akiva - History
• Bnei Akiva - Background
• Bnei Akiva - Religious laborers take action
• Bnei Akiva - Difficulties
• Bnei Akiva - The younger generation abandons its parents’ values

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In his speech on the occasion of royal birthday in June 1921, Samuel stressed the Britain's commitment to the second part of the Balfour Declaration and declared that Jewish immigration would be allowed only to the extent that it did not burden the economy. The Jewish immigration was suspended. The Britain's policy regarding promise to establish Jewish National Home in Palestine, the reason behind the Mandate given them by the League of Nations, has changed by "fixing by the numbers and interests of the present population" the future ...

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Jaffa riots, Jaffa riots - The events, Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath, Jaffa riots - The Investigative Commission report, Jaffa riots - The consequences, Jaffa riots - In Tel Aviv

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Bnei Akiva - Background. Bnei Akiva first came into existence in the late 1920's, following World War I. At that time, the League of Nations granted Britain the mandate over Israel (then Palestine). The Jewish pioneers in Eretz Yisra’el were struggling, engaged in a Herculean effort to succeed economically and to build their homeland. However, there was another concern as well: the need to redefine the spiritual-c ...

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Bnei Akiva, Bnei Akiva - Symbols of Bnei Akiva, Bnei Akiva - The Semel, Bnei Akiva - The Himnon anthem, Bnei Akiva - History, Bnei Akiva - Background, Bnei Akiva - Religious laborers take action, Bnei Akiva - Difficulties, Bnei Akiva - The younger generation abandons its parents’ values

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One railway line goes North along the coast reaching Haifa, the Krayot, and Nahariya. One goes South to Be'er Sheva with a new spur from the Be'er Sheva Tzafon (North) Station to Dimona which opened on December 17, 2005. There are future plans to extend Be’er Sheva-Dimona line to the Red Sea port of Eilat. Another line goes South to Ashkelon with a spur to Rishon LeTzion. The line was extended from Ashdod to Ashkelon in April 2005. Another line goes East to Kfar Saba. The line to Jerusalem which opened in 1892, saw its operations suspended ...

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Israel Railways, Israel Railways - Lines, Israel Railways - Expansion Plans, Israel Railways - Passenger Traffic, Israel Railways - Proposed Rail Lines to the PA, Israel Railways - Old Railway Links to Other Countries

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Fatalities were: 47 Jews, 48 Arabs. Wounded: 146 Jews, 73 Arabs. After the riots, thousands of Jewish residents of Jaffa fled for Tel Aviv, and were temporarily housed in tent camps on the beach. The newspaper Kuntress whose author and co-editor Joseph Chaim Brenner was one of the victims, published an article Entrenchment: "on May 1 the age of innocence had ended." The British administration has made some arrests. After international outcry, the arrested Jews were acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. The Arab leaders submitted a petition to the League o ...

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Jaffa riots, Jaffa riots - The events, Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath, Jaffa riots - The Investigative Commission report, Jaffa riots - The consequences, Jaffa riots - In Tel Aviv

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Bnei Akiva - The Semel. The emblem of Bnei Akiva is made up of different objects each relating to a different aspect of the group's ideology. The farming utensils and the wheat sheaves relate to the agricultural perspective of the ideology. The two tablets of stone in the center relate to its Torah perspective. The two perspectives of Torah and Avoda are united together by the ribbon which says Bnei Akiva on it- symbolizing that the two aspects can only and must work hand in hand. The letters on the two tablets are 'Taf' and 'Ayin' standing for Torah veAvoda - "Torah and service" ...

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On May 1, 1921, a scuffle began in Tel Aviv-Jaffa between rival groups of Jewish Bolsheviks, carrying Yiddish banners demanding Soviet Palestine, and Socialists parading on May Day. The neighboring Arabs who witnessed the incident, took this opportunity to attack Jewish shops and homes. They were joined by armed Arab policemen. The pogroms continued for seven days and spread as far as Petah Tikva, Kfar S ...

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Jaffa riots, Jaffa riots - The events, Jaffa riots - Immediate aftermath, Jaffa riots - The Investigative Commission report, Jaffa riots - The consequences, Jaffa riots - In Tel Aviv

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