History Talk

B. H. Cramer · Guest

"Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves . politically we are the
aggressors and they defend themselves. The country is theirs, because they
inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view
we want to take away from them their country. . Behind the terrorism [by the
Arabs] is a movement, which though primitive is not devoid of idealism and
self sacrifice."
~ David Ben Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel, Quoted on pp 91-2 of Chomsky's
Fateful Triangle, which appears in Simha Flapan's Zionism and the
Palestinians pp 141-2 citing a 1938 speech.