Weizmann, Chaim (1874-1952)
- Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “I am certain that the world will judge the Jewish State by what it will do with the Arabs” — Nov. 28 1947
On November 26, 1947, in New York, on the occasion of his 73rd birthday, Weizmann reassured the good consciences three days before the vote of the UN General Assembly. This did not prevent him from becoming the first president of Israel in the aftermath of the ethnic cleansing (Nakba) of 1948. - [wrong] Words attributed to Chaim Weizmann “Those Jews living outside Palestine are not too important” — 1942
Apocryphal or wrong quotation or doubtful. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “We don’t want Tel Aviv to become another low-grade ghetto” — Oct. 1938
In the autumn issue of the official British publication New Judea, reporting on a statement made in Poland. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Under Solomon it became an empire. Who knows ? C’est le premier pas qui coûte” — Jul. 7 1937
In a letter to Arthur Balfour's niece, Amy Paterson. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “The old ones will pass. They will bear their fate or they will not. They are dust” — 1937
Before the 20th Zionist Congress of 1937, referring to his testimony before the Peel Commission. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “There are some hundred thousand negroes and for those there is no value” — May 20 1936
President of the Zionist Executive, questioned by Arthur Ruppin on the circumstances of the Balfour Declaration of 1917. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “I have no understanding of and no sympathy for the demand for a Jewish majority in Palestine” — Jul. 1931
In an interview - given to the Jewish Telegraph Agency - that contributed to his elimination from the presidency of the Zionist Congress. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Palestine is not Rhodesia and that 600,000 Arabs live there” — Aug. 1925
In a speech without future at the 14th Zionist World Congress in Vienna, he said. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Samuel is our friend, and has worked loyally with us from the first moment” — 1921
In front of an American audience, talking about the nomination of Herbert Samuel as British governor in Palestine. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “The issue known as the Arab problem in Palestine will be of merely local character” — 1920
Speaking of an "Arab problem" in a letter to Lord Balfour. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “We will establish ourselves in Palestine whether you like it or not” — 1920
In a speech to non-Zionist Jews entitled "On the Beauty of the Jewish Revival", he said. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Palestine will be as Jewish and England is English, or America american” — Sep. 21 1919
Speech to the English Zionist Federation. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “By Jewish immigration Palestine would ultimately become as Jewish as England is English” — Feb. 23 1919
To US Secretary of State Lansing at the Paris Peace Conference. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Our claims to the north are imperatively demanded by the requirements of modern economic life” — 1919
Chaim Weizmann to the British Prime Minister Lloyd George in 1919, outlining the "minimum requirements for the realization of a Jewish national home". - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “There's nothing more humiliating than 'our' Jerusalem” — Dec. 1918
Talking about the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in a letter to his wife, shortly after his arrival in Jerusalem. - [wrong] Words attributed to Chaim Weizmann “Obstacles that had to be cleared on a difficult path” — Aug. 19 1918
Apocryphal or wrong quotation or doubtful. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “We have never based the Zionist movement on Jewish suffering in Russia or in any other land” — May 20 1917
Then president of the English Zionist federation, talks about the effects that the fall of tsarism and anti-Jewish oppression in Russia could have on the preparations for the Balfour Declaration (during the period before the October Revolution). - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Should Palestine fall within the British sphere of influence ... we could have … a million Jews” — Nov. 12 1914
In a letter to C.S. Scott, publisher of the Manchester Guardian. - Quotation from Chaim Weizmann “Each country can absorb only a limited number of Jews, if she doesn’t want disorders” — Mar. 1912
Future President of the World Zionist Congress and then the first President of the State of Israel, in front of a Berlin audience. - [wrong] Words attributed to Chaim Weizmann “There are no English, French, German or American Jews” — 1897
Apocryphal or wrong quotation or doubtful.