Mouin Rabbani

I think Rhodes, from what I recall, correct me if I'm wrong, has quite a prominent place in Herzl's diaries. I think Herzl was also corresponding with him and seeking his support. Cecil Rhodes, of course, was the British colonialist after whom the former white minority regime in Rhodesia existed.

uh was named and herzel also says explicitly in his diaries that it is essential um to remove uh the existing population from palestine in a moment please he says we shall have to spirit the penniless population across the borders and procure employment for them elsewhere And Israel Zangwill, who you mentioned, a land without a people for a people without a land.

uh was named and herzel also says explicitly in his diaries that it is essential um to remove uh the existing population from palestine in a moment please he says we shall have to spirit the penniless population across the borders and procure employment for them elsewhere And Israel Zangwill, who you mentioned, a land without a people for a people without a land.

uh was named and herzel also says explicitly in his diaries that it is essential um to remove uh the existing population from palestine in a moment please he says we shall have to spirit the penniless population across the borders and procure employment for them elsewhere And Israel Zangwill, who you mentioned, a land without a people for a people without a land.

They knew damn well it wasn't a people, a land without a people. I'll continue, but please go ahead.

They knew damn well it wasn't a people, a land without a people. I'll continue, but please go ahead.

They knew damn well it wasn't a people, a land without a people. I'll continue, but please go ahead.

Just one clarification on Herzl's diaries. I mean, the other thing that I recall from those diaries is he was... He was very preoccupied with, in fact, getting great power patronage, seeing Palestine, the Jewish state in Palestine, I think his words, an outpost of civilization against barbarism. In other words, very much seeing his project as a proxy for Western imperialism in the Middle East.

Just one clarification on Herzl's diaries. I mean, the other thing that I recall from those diaries is he was... He was very preoccupied with, in fact, getting great power patronage, seeing Palestine, the Jewish state in Palestine, I think his words, an outpost of civilization against barbarism. In other words, very much seeing his project as a proxy for Western imperialism in the Middle East.

Just one clarification on Herzl's diaries. I mean, the other thing that I recall from those diaries is he was... He was very preoccupied with, in fact, getting great power patronage, seeing Palestine, the Jewish state in Palestine, I think his words, an outpost of civilization against barbarism. In other words, very much seeing his project as a proxy for Western imperialism in the Middle East.

Including the Ottoman Sultan, who he tried to cultivate. I just want to respond to a point you made earlier, which was that People expressed their rejection of the partition resolution on the grounds that it gave the majority of Palestine to the Jewish community, which formed only a third.

Including the Ottoman Sultan, who he tried to cultivate. I just want to respond to a point you made earlier, which was that People expressed their rejection of the partition resolution on the grounds that it gave the majority of Palestine to the Jewish community, which formed only a third.

Including the Ottoman Sultan, who he tried to cultivate. I just want to respond to a point you made earlier, which was that People expressed their rejection of the partition resolution on the grounds that it gave the majority of Palestine to the Jewish community, which formed only a third.

Whereas, in fact, if I understood you correctly, you're saying the Palestinians and the Arabs would have rejected any partition resolution.

Whereas, in fact, if I understood you correctly, you're saying the Palestinians and the Arabs would have rejected any partition resolution.

Whereas, in fact, if I understood you correctly, you're saying the Palestinians and the Arabs would have rejected any partition resolution.

I think you raise a valid point because I think the Palestinians did reject the partition of their homeland in principle and I think the fact that the United Nations General Assembly then awarded the majority of their homeland to the Zionist movement only added insult to injury.

I think you raise a valid point because I think the Palestinians did reject the partition of their homeland in principle and I think the fact that the United Nations General Assembly then awarded the majority of their homeland to the Zionist movement only added insult to injury.

I think you raise a valid point because I think the Palestinians did reject the partition of their homeland in principle and I think the fact that the United Nations General Assembly then awarded the majority of their homeland to the Zionist movement only added insult to injury.

I mean, one doesn't have to sympathize with the Palestinians to recognize that they have now been a stateless people for 75 years. Can you name any country Yours, for example, or yours, that would be prepared to give 55%, 25%, 10% of your country to the Palestinians? Of course not. And so the issue was not the existence of Jews in Palestine. They had been there for centuries.