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Within the latter’s ideology of Socialist-Zionism, the
fractures and discomfort were also blatant. HaPoel
HaTzairnicks disagreed with HaShomer HaTzairnicks,
who in turn disagreed with Poalei Tzionicks, who in turn
disagreed with Left Poalei Tzionicks. Each group
emerging from the discomfort felt in another, or in the
expectations imposed upon them from the societies
from which they came, and each group reconciling with
others as they broke down their ideological divisions.
Yet, unfortunately, despite this recent history of
diplomatic fluidity, there emerged efforts to erase this
discomfort. These ideological splinters, though
potentially seemingly trivial in today’s world still seeking
to find its way out of late-stage capitalism, would lead to
families being divided in the גוּלי ִפּ Pilug in what
ultimately became a failed attempt to purge their
unease. These kibbutz movements would reunite in the
1980s and 1990s, once again becoming a structure
proud enough to contain the disagreements and
discomfort of the members that it claims to represent.

And this discomfort is still here today. It is found on the
Hebrew streets, in the Knesset, in the itonim, in the
moments of silence for those who have fallen in war, in
exile, in murder and in trauma, in the universities, in
films, in books, in songs, in protest songs, in protests, in
peace and social justice movements. It is found in the
JCCs, in the shules, in the youth movements, in the