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.
Author :
- Ben Gurion, David (1886-1973) ( 94 quotations )
- Conquer discreetly - hide the objective (before 1948) ( 8 quotations )
- Ethnic cleansing by 'ethnic' property ( 38 quotations )
" 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.
#C090 Report a problem