SCOUT· 38%52m·2026-09-08·FaithTel Hai: Rethinking Israel's Founding Myth
Tel Hai is a small historic site in the Galilee where, in 1920, a tense standoff between Jewish farmers and Arab fighters erupted into a deadly firefight. Among the dead was Joseph Trumpeldor, a one-armed war hero already legendary before Tel Hai. Within days, the battle became one of the founding myths of the State…
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“The fact of the matter is that Israel was founded by the British Empire through its mandate on Palestine”
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