Palestine for the Third Time

Ksawery Pruszyński (1907-1950) was a Polish journalist, writer, and diplomat. He was born in Volhynia (now Ukraine) into a landowning family who settled in Kraków after the Russian Revolution. After graduating with a law degree, he started working as a journalist reporting from Gdańsk, Mandate Palestine, and the Spanish Civil War. During World War II, he fought as a soldier (Narvik and Falaise) and worked as a diplomat in London and Moscow. After the war, he joined Poland’s diplomatic corps, first at the UN and later as ambassador to the Netherlands, while still writing and publishing. He died in a car accident in Germany. He is now recognized as one of the founding fathers of the Polish school of reportage.Wiesiek Powaga was born in Poland. He settled in London after the imposition of martial law of 1981. After graduating with a degree in philosophy at King’s College, London, he worked as a carpenter, translator, correspondent for a music magazine, and as senior editor for a UK publisher. He has translated fiction, poetry, and drama, occasionally script-writing for radio and tv.

• Table of ContentsForeword: Ksawery PruszyńskiAntony PolonskyIntroductionWiesiek PowagaForeword1. On a Bunk Bed with the Halutzim2. The Dust of the Road3. The Land Without Crises4. More Beautiful Than Paris   5. The Jews Who Do Not Like It Here 6. The Onward March of Israel7. Suppliers of Men and Money8. Malaria and Millions9. Histadrut Haovdim10. Like Stones Thrown against a Bulwark 11. Trekking across Emek Israel12. Sabras of Ein Harod13. Gesher14. Glass Towers Are not a Myth15. From Ghetto to Kibbutz16. The Dollar Falls Twenty Percent17. Only Four Weeks18. The Wailing Wall19. Socialism 20. Collective Love 21. Kibbutz, Kolkhoz, Cloister 22. The Jewish Population Catches Up23. In the Eyes of Young Islam24. Arabs in the Eyes of Jews25. Christian Jerusalem 26. Nineteen Centuries after Pilate: A Night in Gethsemane 27. The Way of the Cross28. Resurrexit29. So Many Different Roads: “Das Wirkliche Deutschland”30. “A Daemonio Meridiano . . . ” 31. Roads32. The Threat of Soviet CannonsAfterwordAppendix: Ksawery Pruszyński’s Speeches to the UN