The ultimate Jewish (Arab?) goal

"This (Jewish) State now being proposed to us is not the (Zionist) aim, for it is impossible to solve the (Jewish) problem in such a territory. But this will be a decisive state in bringing about the great (Zionist) aims. In the shortest possible time it will build up the real (Jewish) strength that will carry us to our historic objective."

-Ben-Gurion, in a speech before his Labor colleagues, on his vision of a temporary agreement to the proposal of the Royal Commission Report (the Peel Report) of July 7, 1937, which detailed the partitioning of Palestine and Transjordan into three regions.

Now, replace the words, "Jewish" and "Zionist", which I enclosed in parenthesis, with the words, "Palestinian" and "Arab", respectively.

What do you get? A speech that could be made today by Mahmoud Abbas and friends!

The difference is - and this is clear from Ben-Gurion's writings - that what he was proposing was not to overtake the Arab sections of the country via bloodshed and terrorism, but through economic and social agreements.

The similarity between the Jewish and Arab goals is eerie, yet the contrast is most revealing!