If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true that God promised it to us, but how could that concern them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see only one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?
— David Ben-Gurion Modern

Founder of Israel

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Interview with Nahum Goldmann, President of the World Jewish Congress

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1956

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Controversial

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https://mondoweiss.net/2009/01/ben-gurions-admission-we-stole-their-country/

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