[wideawake]

The Jews who rebuilt Israel were led by an extremely well-educated group of Europeans who had enjoyed freedom and economic independence before the rise of fascism. They were not premodern subsistence farmers who were purchased by Turks and Arabs and involuntarily transported overseas - the founders of the state of Israel were sophisticated and accomplished moderns who voluntarily decided to settle in the land of their ancestors and to provide a refuge for those escaping fascism.

[ml/nj]

The rebirth started long before the rise of fascism in Europe. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909. Mos of the people who came to "Palestine" in the late 19th and early 20th century may not have started out as farmers, but they quickly became farmers.

ML/NJ

[investigateworld]

Correct, but a lot of the early ones were hard core Stalinists.