Translation/Interpretation/Caption Text:
Sighting: Tel Aviv - 2011
Hebrew translation:
You don't want it, You don't need it...
Curator's note:
This graffiti stencil features a sardonic take-off of political Zionism's foundational motto, originally articulated by Theodor Herzl (shown):
"If you will it, it is no dream."
This slogan encapsulates the core Zionist view that a Jewish state would come into existence and flourish only as a reflection of Zionism's sheer determination to overcome all obstacles and will it into being.
The graffiti artist's reversal of Herz's original phrasing evinces the emergence of a contemporary, and perhaps seditious, Israeli counter view.
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Hebrew
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Circa 2010
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