I Were An Arab Leader, I Would

I Were An Arab Leader, I Would Never Sign An Agreement With Israel. It Is Normal; We Have Taken Their Country. It Is True God Promised It To Us, But How Could That Interest Them? Our God Is Not Theirs. There Has Been Anti-semitism, The Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, But Was That Their Fault? They See But One Thing: We Have Come And We Have Stolen Their Country. Why Would They Accept That?

Those Who Today Murdered Our People In An Ambush Not Only Plotted To Murder Some Jews But Intended To Provoke Us... The Arabs Stand To Gain From Such A Development. They Want The Country To Be In A State Of Perpetual Pogrom.... Any Further Bloodshed [by The Jews] Will Only Bring Political Advantage To The Arabs And Harm Us... Our Strength Is In The Defense... And This Strength Will Give Us Political Victory If England And The World Will Know That We Are Defending Ourselves Rather Than Attacking.

From Jewish Terrorism Against Arabs It Is A Short Step To Jewish Terrorism Against Jews.

When We Say That The Arabs Are The Aggressors And We Defend Ourselves — This Is Only Half The Truth. As Regards Our Security And Life We Defend Ourselves And Our Moral And Physical Position Is Not Bad. We Can Face The Gangs... And Were We Allowed To Mobilize All Our Forces We Would Have No Doubts About The Outcome... But The Fighting Is Only One Aspect Of The Conflict Which Is In Its Essence A Political One. And Politically We Are The Aggressors And They Defend Themselves. Militarily, It Is We Who Are On The Defensive Who Have The Upper Hand But In The Political Sphere They Are Superior.

No City In The World, Not Even Athens Or Rome, Ever Played As Great A Role In The Life Of A Nation For So Long A Time, As Jerusalem Has Done In The Life Of The Jewish People.