what about it? \ --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, johnlasher20002000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" > <larry.potter@> wrote: > > > > > Unfortunately Israel is at war. > > > > Fortunately Israel is at war. > > > > Better to face up to the enemy(Iran) now rather than later, > > > > when he is stronger. This is the opening of War against Iran, > > > > who are using their proxies -- the Hizbullah in Leb > > What about these quotes from Israel's leaders. > > http://www.monabaker.com/quotes.htm > > "We must expel Arabs and take their places." > -- David Ben Gurion, 1937, Ben Gurion and the Palestine Arabs, Oxford > University Press, 1985. > > "We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, > and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab > population." > > -- David Ben-Gurion, May 1948, to the General Staff. From > Ben-Gurion, A Biography, by Michael Ben-Zohar, Delacorte, New York 1978. > > "There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was > that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have > stolen their country. Why would they accept that?" > -- Quoted by Nahum Goldmann in Le Paraddoxe Juif (The Jewish Paradox), > pp. 121-122. > > "Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not > even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you > because geography books no longer exist. Not only do the books not > exist, the Arab villages are not there either. Nahlal arose in the > place of Mahlul; Kibbutz Gvat in the place of Jibta; Kibbutz Sarid in > the place of Huneifis; and Kefar Yehushua in the place of Tal > al-Shuman. There is not a single place built in this country that did > not have a former Arab population." > > -- David Ben Gurion, quoted in The Jewish Paradox, by Nahum Goldmann, > Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978, p. 99. > > "Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves ... politically we are > the aggressors and they defend themselves... The country is theirs, > because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, > and in their view we want to take away from them their country." > -- David Ben Gurion, quoted on pp 91-2 of Chomsky's Fateful Triangle, > which appears in Simha Flapan's "Zionism and the Palestinians pp 141-2 > citing a 1938 speech. > > "If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by > transporting them to England, and only half by transferring them to > the Land of Israel, I would choose the latter, for before us lies not > only the numbers of these children but the historical reckoning of the > people of Israel." > -- David Ben-Gurion (Quoted on pp 855-56 in Shabtai Teveth's > Ben-Gurion in a slightly different translation). > > > > David Ben Gurion > Prime Minister of Israel > 1949 - 1954, > 1955 - 1963 > > "There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we > came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist." > -- Golda Meir, statement to The Sunday Times, 15 June, 1969. > > "How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return > them to." > -- Golda Meir, March 8, 1969. > > "Any one who speaks in favor of bringing the Arab refugees back must > also say how he expects to take the responsibility for it, if he is > interested in the state of Israel. It is better that things are stated > clearly and plainly: We shall not let this happen." > -- Golda Meir, 1961, in a speech to the Knesset, reported in Ner, > October 1961 > > "This country exists as the fulfillment of a promise made by God > Himself. It would be ridiculous to ask it to account for its legitimacy." > -- Golda Meir, Le Monde, 15 October 1971 > > > > Golda Meir > Prime Minister of Israel > 1969 - 1974 > > > "We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his > question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' > Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!" > -- Yitzhak Rabin, leaked censored version of Rabin memoirs, published > in the New York Times, 23 October 1979. > > "[Israel will] create in the course of the next 10 or 20 years > conditions which would attract natural and voluntary migration of the > refugees from the Gaza Strip and the west Bank to Jordan. To achieve > this we have to come to agreement with King Hussein and not with > Yasser Arafat." > -- Yitzhak Rabin (a "Prince of Peace" by Clinton's standards), > explaining his method of ethnically cleansing the occupied land > without stirring a world outcry. (Quoted in David Shipler in the New > York Times, 04/04/1983 citing Meir Cohen's remarks to the Knesset's > foreign affairs and defense committee on March 16.) > > > Yitzhak Rabin > Prime Minister of Israel > 1974 - 1977, > 1992 - 1995 > > > "[The Palestinians] are beasts walking on two legs." > > -- Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, speech to the Knesset, > quoted in Amnon Kapeliouk, "Begin and the 'Beasts,"' New Statesman, > June 25, 1982. > > "The Partition of Palestine is illegal. It will never be recognized > .... Jerusalem was and will for ever be our capital. Eretz Israel will > be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And for Ever." > -- Menachem Begin, the day after the U.N. vote to partition Palestine. > > > Menachem Begin > Prime Minister of Israel > 1977 - 1983 > > > "The past leaders of our movement left us a clear message to keep > Eretz Israel from the Sea to the River Jordan for future generations, > for the mass aliya (=Jewish immigration), and for the Jewish people, > all of whom will be gathered into this country." > -- Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir declares at a Tel Aviv > memorial service for former Likud leaders, November 1990. Jerusalem > Domestic Radio Service. > > "The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. > Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple." > -- Yitzhak Shamir, Maariv, 02/21/1997. > > "(The Palestinians) would be crushed like grasshoppers ... heads > smashed against the boulders and walls." > -- Isreali Prime Minister (at the time) Yitzhak Shamir in a speech to > Jewish settlers New York Times April 1, 1988 > > > Yizhak Shamir > Prime Minister of Israel > 1983 - 1984, > 1986 - 1992 > > > "Israel should have exploited the repression of the demonstrations in > China, when world attention focused on that country, to carry out mass > expulsions among the Arabs of the territories." > -- Benyamin Netanyahu, then Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister, former > Prime Minister of Israel, speaking to students at Bar Ilan University, > from the Israeli journal Hotam, November 24, 1989. > > > Benjamin Netanyahu > Prime Minister of Israel > 1996 - 1999 > > "The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, > they want more".... > -- Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel at the time - August 28, 2000. > Reported in the Jerusalem Post August 30, 2000 > > "If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead > would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more > force...." > -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, quoted in Associated Press, > November 16, 2000. > > "I would have joined a terrorist organization." > -- Ehud Barak's response to Gideon Levy, a columnist for the Ha'aretz > newspaper, when Barak was asked what he would have done if he had been > born a Palestinian. > > > > Ehud Barak > Prime Minister of Israel > 1999 - 2001 > > > "It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, > clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten > with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism, > colonialization, or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and > the expropriation of their lands." > > -- Ariel Sharon, Israeli Foreign Minister, addressing a meeting of > militants from the extreme right-wing Tsomet Party, Agence France > Presse, November 15, 1998. > > "Everybody has to move, run and grab as many (Palestinian) hilltops as > they can to enlarge the (Jewish) settlements because everything we > take now will stay ours...Everything we don't grab will go to them." > -- Ariel Sharon, Israeli Foreign Minister, addressing a meeting of the > Tsomet Party, Agence France Presse, Nov. 15, 1998. > > "Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no > one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on > trial." > > -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 25 March, 2001 quoted in BBC > News Online >
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