cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/13965815
Ben Gurion, founder of Israel, admits having stolen land from Arabs and that’s there’s no reason for arabs to make peace. See more of his behaviour on this article
This is an important Wikipedia article about the founder of Israel, Ben Gurion, and his goals and planning for ethnic cleansing
Ben Gurion reported to another Zionist (Nahum Goldmann, founder of World Jewish Congress): “Why should the Arabs make peace? 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 two thousand years ago, and what is that to them? There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They only see one thing: we have come here and stolen their country. Why should they accept that?”
Goldmann, Nahum (1978). The Jewish Paradox. Translated by Cox, Steve. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 99. ISBN 0-297-77494-8. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
Yes, his “goals and plans for ethnic cleansing”…
Straight from the Wikipedia article:
Ben-Gurion published two volumes setting out his views on relations between Zionists and the Arab world: We and Our Neighbors, published in 1931, and My Talks with Arab Leaders published in 1967. Ben-Gurion believed in the equal rights of Arabs who remained in and would become citizens of Israel. He was quoted as saying, “We must start working in Jaffa. Jaffa must employ Arab workers. And there is a question of their wages. I believe that they should receive the same wage as a Jewish worker. An Arab has also the right to be elected president of the state, should he be elected by all.”
The very same article states that Goldman is a critic of Ben Gurion before presenting the quote about peace with Arabs (of which the only source is Goldman himself).