Word: hatikvah
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...Hatikvah. 4. Hadassah...
...Haganah Bren-gunners. The 13 men who would rule the new Jewish state sat down at a long table on a raised dais. Over their heads were white Zionist flags bearing two pale blue stripes and a blue Star of David. The assemblage rose to sing the Zionist anthem Hatikvah-"The ancient longing will be fulfilled, to return to the land ... of our fathers...
...fight lasted three hours. Escorted by three more destroyers and a cruiser which had rushed to the scene, the Exodus limped into Haifa harbor. As they were transferred to another ship which was to return them to France, where they had embarked, the refugees doggedly sang the Zionist anthem Hatikvah ("Our hope is still not lost...
...asked the Jewish prisoners if they had any final requests. Yes, they wanted a rabbi to be with them in their last minutes. Said the officer: "You'll have to do without; we can't get one for you." Dov Gruner then asked if he might sing Hatikvah ("The Hope"), the Zionist anthem. The four men's voices rolled the mournful words of Zion...
...transports sailed for Cyprus next morning, their unwilling passengers defiantly sang the Zionist anthem Hatikvah: "Yet is our hope not lost, our ancient hope, to dwell in the land of our fathers, in the city where David encamped...