April 17, 1938 in a speech to the National Labor Committee for Palestine, Albert Einstein said, I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. Apart from the practical considerations, my awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain, especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight without a Jewish state. Einstein was against Zionism ,
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:21:43 +0000
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