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Thread of Zionist quotes that disturb me.
“We so not recognize the right of Arabs to rule the country, since Palestine is still undeveloped and awaits its builders” - David Ben Gurion
(Shabtai Teveth, p. 38)
(Shabtai Teveth, p. 38)
“Zionist colonization, even the most restricted, must either be terminated or carried out in defiance of the will of the native [Palestinian] population.” - Ze’ev Jabotinsky
(Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 28)
(Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 28)
“... But our justice is greater. The Arabs is culturally backward” - Jabotinsky. (Righteous Victims, p. 108)
“Transfer could be the crowning achievement, the final stage in development of [our] policy” - Moshe Sharret
“When the Jewish state is established— it is very possible that the result will be a transfer of Arabs” - Sharret
(Righteous Victims, p. 254)
“When the Jewish state is established— it is very possible that the result will be a transfer of Arabs” - Sharret
(Righteous Victims, p. 254)
“I imagine that the intention is to get rid of them. The interests of security demand that we get rid of them.” - Sharret
(1949, The First Israelis, p. 28)
(1949, The First Israelis, p. 28)
“A miraculous clearing of the land: the miraculous simplification of Israel’s task.” - Chaim Weizmann, on the Nakba. (Simha Flapan, p. 84)
“We can be the vanguard of culture against barbarianism.” - Theodor Herzl. (One Palestine Complete, p. 150)
“The land of Israel is not small at all, if only the Arabs will be removed... While the [Palestinian] Arabs can be transferred to Northern Syria and Iraq” - Yosef Weitz. (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 94-95)
“Many are semi-nomad, they(the Palestinian Arabs) have given nothing to Palestine and are not entitled to the rules of democracy” - Israel Zangwill (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 14)
“(The Palestinians) are beasts walking on two legs” - Menachem Begin (New Statesman, 25 June 1982)
“I’ve killed lots of Arabs in my life - and theres no problem with that.” - Naftali Bennet. (972mag, 29 July 2013)
“How can you make peace with a snake?” - Ovadia Yosef
“They’re stupid. Their religion is as ugly as they are.” - Ovadia Yosef
(Times of Israel, 9 October 2013)
“They’re stupid. Their religion is as ugly as they are.” - Ovadia Yosef
(Times of Israel, 9 October 2013)
“The transfer of the Arabs out of the country in my eyes is one of the most just, moral and correct [things] that can be done” - Shlomo Levi (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 192)
“The time for Jews to return to the Land of Israel is now.” - Joseph Smith. This quote doesn’t disturb me per se, but Joseph Smith does.
“A splendid act of conquest” - Menachem Begin on the Deir Yasin Massacre. (Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace, p. 271)
“I think the biggest problem of the 21st century is how to deal with minorities” - Avigdor Lieberman (LA Times, 11 February 2009)
“Israel is not a state of all its citizens” - Bibi Netanyahu (The Guardian 10 March 2019)
There are many more, but for the sale of my own time I will leave it at this.
