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Now, if you will please
resume a little order...
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...I will introduce a man
who has done more than any other...
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...to establish our village of Gan Dafna.
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Only 10 days ago...
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...he was in London,
negotiating with the British.
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Today he is home again.
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I have the honor to present
Mr. Barak Ben Canaan...
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...member of the Executive Committee...
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...of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
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My dear young friends,
I know you're very tired.
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You've had a long trip,
so I'm not going to make speeches.
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It's good to have parties like this.
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But it's also good to
know what you're here for.
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You are here to learn. You are here to work.
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You are here to build
a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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It says on the banner
"young heroes." Very fine.
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But here at Gan Dafna you will find
that even the biggest hero...
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...must work in the fields,
just like the littlest coward.
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Boys and girls,
when I came to Palestine 47 years ago...
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...it was not a musical reception
with little cakes served.
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I came walking, with my little brother...
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...all the way from Russia.
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And over in that valley,
the swamps, and mosquitoes so big...
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...they were picking
fights with the sparrows.
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Now we have changed those swamps
into such fields.
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On a quiet night, you
can hear the corn grow.
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Oranges so big...
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...five already make a dozen.
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Over there you see the
Arab village of Abu Yesha.
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In those days, my old friend Kammal...
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...may God rest his soul...
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...was mukhtar of the village.