Steven Bonnell (Destiny)

It was correctly brought up that I believe that Ben-Gurion had, I think Shlomo Ben-Ami describes it as an obsession with getting validation or support from Western states, Great Britain, and then a couple of decades later it becomes- That explains the Suez War, the Suez Crisis. Exactly, correct.

It was correctly brought up that I believe that Ben-Gurion had, I think Shlomo Ben-Ami describes it as an obsession with getting validation or support from Western states, Great Britain, and then a couple of decades later it becomes- That explains the Suez War, the Suez Crisis. Exactly, correct.

It was correctly brought up that I believe that Ben-Gurion had, I think Shlomo Ben-Ami describes it as an obsession with getting validation or support from Western states, Great Britain, and then a couple of decades later it becomes- That explains the Suez War, the Suez Crisis. Exactly, correct.

That was one of the major motivators, the idea to work with Britain and France on a military operation against Arabs. But then the question, again, I go back to, if that is true, if Ben-Gurion, if the early Israel saw themselves as a Western fashion nation, How could we possibly imagine that they would have engaged in the transfer of some 400,000 Arabs after accepting the partition plan?

That was one of the major motivators, the idea to work with Britain and France on a military operation against Arabs. But then the question, again, I go back to, if that is true, if Ben-Gurion, if the early Israel saw themselves as a Western fashion nation, How could we possibly imagine that they would have engaged in the transfer of some 400,000 Arabs after accepting the partition plan?

That was one of the major motivators, the idea to work with Britain and France on a military operation against Arabs. But then the question, again, I go back to, if that is true, if Ben-Gurion, if the early Israel saw themselves as a Western fashion nation, How could we possibly imagine that they would have engaged in the transfer of some 400,000 Arabs after accepting the partition plan?

Would that not have completely and totally destroyed their legitimacy in the eyes of the entire Western world? Would that not have been? How not?

Would that not have completely and totally destroyed their legitimacy in the eyes of the entire Western world? Would that not have been? How not?

Would that not have completely and totally destroyed their legitimacy in the eyes of the entire Western world? Would that not have been? How not?

They accepted the UN partition resolution, borders and all. That's how they accepted it. You can say that some of the Zionists deep in their hearts had the idea that maybe at some point they would be able to get more.

They accepted the UN partition resolution, borders and all. That's how they accepted it. You can say that some of the Zionists deep in their hearts had the idea that maybe at some point they would be able to get more.

They accepted the UN partition resolution, borders and all. That's how they accepted it. You can say that some of the Zionists deep in their hearts had the idea that maybe at some point they would be able to get more.

But they grudgingly accepted what the United Nations, the world community, had said this is what you're going to get.

But they grudgingly accepted what the United Nations, the world community, had said this is what you're going to get.

But they grudgingly accepted what the United Nations, the world community, had said this is what you're going to get.

It's intrinsic to Western history.

It's intrinsic to Western history.

It's intrinsic to Western history.

The unsufferance I don't agree with. I think that's wrong. The Jewish state came into being in 1948. It had a population which was 20% Arab when it came into being after Arab refugees. Many of them had become refugees, but 20% remained in the country. 20% of Israel's population at inception in 1949, was Arab.

The unsufferance I don't agree with. I think that's wrong. The Jewish state came into being in 1948. It had a population which was 20% Arab when it came into being after Arab refugees. Many of them had become refugees, but 20% remained in the country. 20% of Israel's population at inception in 1949, was Arab.