Quotation from David Ben Gurion “At the beginning of the war… the establishment of a Jewish state” — Sep. 12 1939
Twelve days after the outbreak of World War II, Ben Gurion indicated what the Zionist objective in this war would be: to establish a Jewish state.
Author :
- Ben Gurion, David (1886-1973) ( 94 quotations )
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"We are at the beginning of the war... if the war continues for long we shall feel its impact in Eretz Yisrael too and we shall face difficult and complicated situations; we need a political compass to direct our path in this dark confusion. In my opinion, this political compass corresponds to striving for the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Yisrael.
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Protocol of the Mapai CC, Sept. 12, 1939.
Quoted in The Nazi Holocaust. Bystanders to the Holocaust, vol.2, p. 549.
Quoted by Tom Segev, Ha-milyon ha-shevii, Keter, 1991.
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