Im Tirtzu

Picture from ImTirtzu demonstration in support of IDF soldiers and Border Police officers in Ni'lin, 2008.

The State motto of Israel is "Im tirtzu, ain zo agada" (אם תרצו אין זו אגדה), which translates to "If you will it, it is no dream."

This phrase is attributed to Theodor Herzl, the Founder of modern Zionism, and reflects the belief in the possibility of achieving the Zionist dream of a Jewish homeland in the Land of Israel.

Its name is derived from an epigraph appended to the frontispiece of Theodor Herzl's novel Altneuland, 'if you wish it, it is no fairy-tale,' rendered into modern Hebrew in Nahum Sokolow's translation in 1903, as Im tirtzu ein zo agadah. ("If you will it, it is no dream.")^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Fiammetta Martegani, The Israeli Defence Forces' Representation in Israeli Cinema: Did David Betray His Soldiers?, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 p.52.
↑ Denis Charbit (ed.), Theodor Herzl,Altneuland: nouveau pays ancient,, tr L.Delau, éditions de l’éclat, 2004 pp-16-17.

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[1] Fiammetta Martegani, The Israeli Defence Forces' Representation in Israeli Cinema: Did David Betray His Soldiers?, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 p.52.

[2] Denis Charbit (ed.), Theodor Herzl,Altneuland: nouveau pays ancient,, tr L.Delau, éditions de l’éclat, 2004 pp-16-17.

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