David Ben-Guirion told Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish in 1956, “If I was an Arab leader, I would never make terms with Israel. That is natural: we have taken their country. Sure, God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them? Our God is not theirs. We come from Israel, it’s true, but that was two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their faullt? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?” (Nahum Goldmann, ‘The Jewish Paradox’, New York, Grosset & Dunlap1978)
David Ben-Gurion, opprinnelig David Grüen, ble i 1948 den første statsminister i staten Israel.
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