Quotation from Yusuf Ziya al-Khalidi “I make no distinction between Jews, Christians and Muslims” — Mar. 1 1899
Mayor of Jerusalem, in the letter to Chief Rabbi of Paris Zadok Kahn.
Author :
- Ziya al-Khalidi, Yusuf (1829-1906) ( 2 quotations )
- Palestinian awareness of the goal of Zionism ( 13 quotations )
" All those who know me know that I make no distinction between Jews, Christians and Muslims... We really have the same father. Politically, moreover, Jews and Arabs will do well to support each other to be able to resist the invasions of the other races... It is therefore pure folly on the part of Dr. Herzl, whom I consider a man and a talented writer, to imagine that even if it were possible to obtain the consent of His Majesty the Sultan, they would one day succeed in taking over Palestine…
Translated from French "
Yohanan Manor, Naissance du sionisme politique
, Collection Archives, Julliard, 1981, p.216
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