“When we say that the Arabs are the aggressors and we defend ourselves – that is only half the truth. As regards our security and life we defend ourselves….
But the fighting is only one aspect of the conflict, which is in its essence a political one.
And politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves.” 

David Ben-Gurion in a 1938 meeting of his political party Mapai

(PHOTO: ARNOLD NEWMAN)