David Ben-Gurion - Nation Quotes

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We consider that the United Nations' ideal is a Jewish ideal.

David Ben-Gurion

Everybody sees a difficulty in the question of relations between Arabs and Jews. But not everybody sees that there is no solution to this question. No solution! There is a gulf, and nothing can bridge it… We, as a nation, want this country to be ours; the Arabs, as a nation, want this country to be theirs.

David Ben-Gurion

What matters is not what the goyim [nations] say, but what the Jews do.

David Ben-Gurion

We extend the hand of peace and good-neighborliness to all the States around us and to their people, and we call upon them to cooperate in mutual helpfulness with the independent Jewish nation in its Land. The State of Israel is prepared to make its contribution in a concerted effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East.

David Ben-Gurion