Summary
Israel’s Finance Minister in the period covered by Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, quoted among the four Mapai ministers whose public statements in June 1961 state the government’s “not a single refugee” position (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.465).
Details
- Eshkol declared at the Ron hall in Jerusalem: “The return of the Arab refugees to Israel would constitute a “time-bomb” against the existence of the State” (Davar, 25/6/61, quoted at Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.465). The statements of Eshkol, Sapir, Dayan and Eban in the same report are presented as “in essence, Mapai’s approach to the problem, and of course that of the government of Israel as well” (PDF p.466).