Quotation from David Ben Gurion “Under no circumstances must we touch land belonging to fellahs” — 1920

Advocates peaceful methods of colonization at a time when Jews are only 10% of the population of Palestine.

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" Under no circumstances must we touch land belonging to fellahs or worked by them. Only if a fellah leaves his place of settlement, should we offer to buy his land, at an appropriate price. "

Shabtai Teveth, Ben-Gurion and the Palestinian Arabs: From Peace to War , London: Oxford University Press, 1985, p. 32.

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