#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris

1277.699 - 1315.449 Norman Finkelstein

And because this aim automatically produced resistance among the Arabs, which in turn persuaded the yeshuv's leaders, the yeshuv being the Jewish community, the yeshuv's leaders that a hostile Arab majority or a large minority could not remain in place if a Jewish state was to arise or safely endure. Or as Professor Morris retrospectively put it, quote, a removing of a population was needed.