There were no such thing as Palestinians. When was there an independent Palestinian people with a Palestinian state? It was either southern Syria before the First World War, and then it was a Palestine including Jordan. It was not as though there was a Palestinian people in Palestine considering itself as a Palestinian people and we came and threw them out and took their country away from them. They did not exist.
(Golda Meir, Sunday Times, June 15 1969; The Washington Post, June 16 1969)
What a racist bitch !
This quote and this state of mind explain why there is no peace in the MidEast
@Paula: You can argue that what she said wasn't helpful or constructive. But it's factually accurate, often overlooked—and certainly not racist.
The tendency to label anyone whose views you don't agree with as “racist” probably contributes a great deal to preventing conflict resolution.
Abba Eban was right when he said:
” THE PALESTINIANS NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY.”
The So in 2005 the Palestinians are given Gaza, free of any Jews. Do they begin building the state they say they want, constructing schools and roads and hospitals? No. They launch rockets at civilians and dig a 300-yard tunnel under the border to attack Israeli soldiers and bring back a hostage.