Quotation from David Ben Gurion “We would not have taken on this war merely for the purpose of enjoying this tiny state” — Aug. 16 1948
Develops his visions in an interview with Times Magazine (read in full!).
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- Ben Gurion, David (1886-1973) ( 94 quotations )
- "Land of Israel" or variable geometry "biblical lands ( 42 quotations )
- Colonization: never more than breaks ( 57 quotations )
- Colonial optimism ( 36 quotations )
" "There are eleven million Jews in the world. I don't say that all of them will come here, but I expect several million, and with natural increase I can quite imagine a Jewish state of ten million.""Can that many be accomodated within the U.N. partition boundaries of Israel?""I doubt it." (…) "We would not have taken on this war merely for the purpose of enjoying this tiny state. » "
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