Israel's founder believed Western democracy is an "enemy to Zionism", & actively opposed early rescue efforts of European Jews from Nazi Germany b/c it would "cause tremendous harm to Eretz Israel & Zionism".

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Mouin Rabbani

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"If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by transporting them to England, & only half by transferring them to the Land of Israel, I would choose the latter". Yes, Israel's founder and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion did make this statement in 1938, shortly after Kristallnacht, and it has been in the public record for many decades.

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Israel's founder believed Western democracy is an "enemy to Zionism", & actively opposed early rescue efforts of European Jews from Nazi Germany b/c it would "cause tremendous harm to Eretz Israel & Zionism". "If I knew that it was possible to save all the children of Germany by

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