David Ben Gurion Quotes

“Ben-Gurion and Moshe Dayan were self-proclaimed atheists.”
― Tariq Ali, The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity

“When the choice before us was the whole of Eretz Israel but no Jewish state or no Jewish state but not the whole of Eretz Israel, we chose a Jewish state.”
― Dennis Ross, Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny

“Ben-Gurion himself, writing to his son in 1937, appeared convinced that this was the only course of action open to Zionism: ‘The Arabs will have to go, but one needs an opportune moment for making it happen, such as a war.’ The opportune moment came in 1948. Ben-Gurion is in many ways the founder of the State of Israel and was its first prime minister. He also masterminded the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.”
― Ilan Pappé, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine