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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.
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And then one day,
he donated to us this ground...
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...on which you stand, for a youth village.
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So, we began to build this place.
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And again it wasn't a matter
of little cakes and music.
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It meant more sweat, more work.
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Look about you.
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You will see Arab children here.
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Three of them, grandsons
of that same Kammal...
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...the mukhtar who gave us this land.
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It grieves me that he isn't with us today
to see all this.
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But he's been gathered
to the bosom of Allah.
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Speak always that name with respect.
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With us, instead,
we have the son of Kammal, Taha...
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...an honor to his father's memory.
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Raised part of the time in my house,
with my own dear son, Ari...
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...and with my dear daughter, Jordana,
who sits beside him in this place.
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I want you to give particular attention
to what he's going to tell to you.
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Here is Taha, son of
Kammal, since five years...
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...mukhtar of Abu Yesha.