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The road to the State

Ideas, waves of aliyah and diplomacy, from Alkalai to 1948.

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Three stories run together here: those who imagined a return, those who actually came, and those who won its recognition. Follow any one line, or watch how the three feed each other.

Visionaries 9 moments

Aliyah 6 moments

Diplomacy 8 moments