Quotation from David Ben Gurion “I will oppose their return also after the war” — June 16 1948
Barely a month after the proclamation of Israel, Ben Gourion, before ten ministers, declared Israel's definitive opposition to the return of refugees to their homes.
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- Ben Gurion, David (1886-1973) ( 97 quotations )
- Above all, no return of the Palestinians ( 19 quotations )
"War is war. We did not start the war. They did. Do we have to allow the enemy back so they could make war against us? They lost and fled and I will oppose their return also after the war
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Quoted by Ahron Bregman, Israel’s Wars 1947-93, Routledge, 2000, p. 20.
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