The Israel-Arab Reader Quotes

“an undisturbed national development.” It is also necessary to point out that the Zionist Commission in Palestine, now termed the Palestine Zionist Executive, has not desired to possess, and does not possess, any share in the general administration of the country. Nor does the special position assigned to the Zionist Organization in Article IV of the Draft Mandate for Palestine imply any such functions. That special position relates to the measures to be taken in Palestine affecting the Jewish population, and contemplates that the Organization may assist in the general development of the country, but does not entitle it to share in any degree in its Government.”
― Walter Laqueur, The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict: Eighth Revised and Updated Edition

“nor can the erection of such a Jewish State be accomplished without the gravest trespass upon the “civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine.”
― Walter Laqueur, The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict