Einstein said NO to a Jewish state.
Posted by morris108 on May 14, 2008
Albert Einstein Quotations
Opposing a Jewish State in 1938, 1946 & 1952 and Labeling Future Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin a Fascist in 1948.
After the death of the first president of Israel in 1952, the Israeli government offered the post of second president to Einstein. He declined the offer.
Albert Einstein, on April 17, 1938, in a speech at the Commodore Hotel in New York City, said:
“I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. Apart from practical consideration, my awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain — especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, …..
Read the whole article at:
http://www.newdemocracyworld.org/Einstein.htm
