Quotation from David Ben Gurion “One might say that they are like big children” — Aug. 1906
While traveling in Palestine in 1906, Ben-Gurion —writing to his father in the typical European viewpoint — did not understand Palestinian hospitality at all.
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- Ben Gurion, David (1886-1973) ( 104 quotations )
- Anti-Arab "secular" racism ( 64 quotations )
- Dehumanizing the Palestinians ( 54 quotations )
"They made a very good impression upon us (…) They are nearly all good-hearted, and are easily befriended. One might say that they are like big children. We met a few, and they clung to us for the whole journey. They sang for us, entertained us, and tried to amuse us as much as possible.
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David Ben Gurion’s Memoirs, Speeches, and Articles AS Anahnu ve-Shkheneinu (We and Our Neighbors). Tel Aviv: Davar Publishing, 5691 (1931), pp. 104, 148.
Quoted by Shbatai Teveth, Ben -Gurion and the Palestinian Arabs, Oxford University Press, 1985, p. 6.
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