With the Turks in Palestine

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - While Belgium is bleeding and hoping, while Poland suffers and dreams of liberation, while Serbia is waiting for redemption, there is a little country the soul of which is torn to pieces - a little country that is so remote, so remote that her ardent sighs cannot be heard. It is the country of perpetual sacrifice, the country that saw Abraham build the altar upon which he was ready to immolate his only son, the country that Moses saw from a distance, stretching in beauty and loveliness, - a land of promise never to be attained, - the country that gave the world its symbols of soul and spirit. Palestine! No war correspondents, no Red Cross or relief commi-ttees have gone to Palestine, because no actual fighting has taken place there, and yet hundreds of thousands are suffering there that worst of agonies, the agony of the spirit.

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In this unique book first published in 1916, Romanian Jew ALEXANDER AARONSOHN documents for the world the struggle that went on in Palestine during the early years of the Zionist movement, when his parents helped found the village of Zicron-Jacob and worked to transform the desert into a fertile garden. Aaronsohn tells the story of his life, from his early trip to America to being pressed into military service for Turkey. His personal account covers the imposition of Germany into Turkish politics and the effect of German propaganda on Turkish attitudes towards outsiders, including himself. In the events that follow, Aaronsohn struggles to save his home and his family from growing oppression of the Turks.

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This book is merely the story of some of the personal experiences of one who has done less and suffered less than thousands of his comrades. From 1916.