"During our last talks with the [British] Government in London, when certain proposals were made for a settlement-which, unfortunately, we could not consider-we were offered that Jews should have more rights than others. And certain examples were given us of certain British colonies, in Ceylon and other places. And we declared emphatically to the Government that we will not accept, we will fight any privilege accorded to a Jew because he is a Jew. What we want to have is more Jews in Palestine but not more privileges tor the Jews. A Jewish state means a state based on absolute equality of all her citizens and on democracy."
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David Ben-Gurion in the hearing of the Jewish Agency to UNSCOP, 7 July 1947
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Zionism is a movement seeking to establish and maintain a Jewish state in Palestine / the Land of Israel. The movement began in the late 19th century and in 1948 the State of Israel was established.
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