“Although the early pioneers, chalutzim, drained the swamps, made deserts bloom, built Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ashkelon, and the new Jerusalem, four generations later the dreams of the Zionists are not yet fulfilled." (source)

"With his khaki shorts, grimy sandals, tousled hair, and splendid moustache, he looked every inch a chalutz." (Glinert)