Summary
Israeli chief of staff, quoted by Said from Yediot Aharonot, January 19, 1979, describing the Arabs of the Galilee as engaged in a process of conquest, and reaffirming that before the State of Israel existed we came here to conquer this country. The first name is not given in the passage as read.
Details
- Asked on January 19, 1979, about Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Eytan responded that not only was Israel planning to hold onto them, but that those Arabs who lived in the Galilee were engaged in a process of conquest of the land, conquest of the work, illegal immigration, terror (The Question of Palestine, PDF p.225-226 / printed p.204-205).
- Said stresses that Eytan was describing Palestinians who have simply remained there, in fairly abject conditions, for the last thirty years, not new arrivals (The Question of Palestine, PDF p.226 / printed p.205).
- Eytan reaffirmed, in the passage quoted, that the state was established for the purpose of conquering the country (The Question of Palestine, PDF p.226 / printed p.205).