The criminal purpose of Zionism

Every time Israel grabs yet more land for illegal West Bank settlement, it should be seen for what it is, another step in the achievement of Zionism’s ultimate ideological ambition. David Ben Gurion, the national founder of the State of Israel and its first prime minister, stated in a letter to his son in 1937: “A Jewish state must be established immediately, even if it is only in part of the country. The rest will follow in the course of time. A Jewish state will come.”

Zionism’s racist contempt for the Palestinian people is made clear in the following passage from that letter:

“Of course the partition of the country [Palestine] gives me no pleasure. But the country that they [the Royal (Peel) Commission] are partitioning is not in our actual possession; it is in the possession of the Arabs and the English. What is in our actual possession is a small portion, less than what they [the Peel Commission] are proposing for a Jewish state. If I were an Arab I would have been very indignant. But in this proposed partition we will get more than what we already have, though of course much less than we merit and desire. The question is: would we obtain more without partition?“

“What we really want is not that the land remain whole and unified. What we want is that the whole and unified land be Jewish. A unified Eretz Israeli would be no source of satisfaction for me – if it were Arab.”

Plainly – a two–state solution is contrary to the Zionist purpose and Zionism’s land-grabbing intent is undeniable. Ben Gurion wrote: “The establishment of a state, even if only on a portion of the land, is the maximal reinforcement of our strength at the present time and a powerful boost to our historical endeavours to liberate the entire country.”

Military superiority

Ben Gurion stated that: “We shall organise an advanced defence force—a superior army which I have no doubt will be one of the best armies in the world. At that point I am confident that we would not fail in settling in the remaining parts of the country, through agreement and understanding with our Arab neighbours, or through some other means.”

That is agreement achieved, of course, through intimidation. For the Zionists, “Palestine is grossly under populated. It contains vast colonisation potential which the Arabs neither need nor are qualified (because of their lack of need) to exploit.” Ben Gurion added, “Our ability to penetrate the country will increase if we have a state.” Very honestly he actually admitted that he thought: “We must expel Arabs and take their place.”

UNRWA

The formation of the UNRWA humanitarian relief agency was a direct result of the urgent need to deal with Zionism’s criminal inhumanity. Illegal Israeli settlements continue to grow.