Ussishkin, Menahem (1863-1941)
- Quotation from Menahem Ussishkin “We cannot start the Jewish state ... of which the Arabs ... constitute almost half” — June 12 1938
Delegate of Moscow to the first Zionist Congress, President of the Jewish National Fund. - Quotation from Menahem Ussishkin “No hope that this new Jewish State will survive ... if the Arabs are as numerous” — June 12 1938
Director of the Jewish Agency, at a meeting of the Jewish Agency Executive on the recommendation of the Peel Commission. - Quotation from Menahem Ussishkin “To take a part of the Arabs and transfer and settle them … is as moral as can be” — June 12 1938
Head of the Executive Committee of the World Zionist Organization, at a meeting of the Jewish Agency's executive committee, advocates that the British should proceed with the expulsion of 60,000 Palestinian families. - Quotation from Menahem Ussishkin “I will make sure that we will be the landlords of this land” — May 19 1936
Delegate of Moscow to the first Zionist Congress, President of the KKL/JNF (Jewish National Fund).