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*As to the war against the Jews in Palestine, I am a spectator from afar with an aching heart, particularly because of the want of insight and understanding shown on our side to an extreme degree. As a matter of fact, it was evident twenty years ago that the day would come when the Arabs would stand up against us. | *As to the war against the Jews in Palestine, I am a spectator from afar with an aching heart, particularly because of the want of insight and understanding shown on our side to an extreme degree. As a matter of fact, it was evident twenty years ago that the day would come when the Arabs would stand up against us. | ||
**Letter to a friend.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Menuhin |first=Moshe |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Not_by_Might_Nor_by_Power/jSPYDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22As+to+the+war+against+the+Jews+in+Palestine,+I+am+a+spectator+from+afar+with+an+aching%22&pg=PT84&printsec=frontcover |title="Not by Might, Nor by Power": The Zionist Betrayal of Judaism |date=2017-03-07 |publisher=Open Road Media |isbn=978-1-5040-3987-1 |language=en}}</ref> | **Letter to a friend.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Menuhin |first=Moshe |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Not_by_Might_Nor_by_Power/jSPYDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22As+to+the+war+against+the+Jews+in+Palestine,+I+am+a+spectator+from+afar+with+an+aching%22&pg=PT84&printsec=frontcover |title="Not by Might, Nor by Power": The Zionist Betrayal of Judaism |date=2017-03-07 |publisher=Open Road Media |isbn=978-1-5040-3987-1 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
*We Jews have been taught by our history to appreciate the real value of laying foundations for future developments. Our share, as a people, in the building up of the general culture of Humanity has been nothing else than the laying of its foundations long before the superstructures were built by others. | |||
**Letter to [[Haim Weizmann]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Jewish_Chronicle/vGZFAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22We%20Jews%20have%20been%20taught%20by%20our%20history%20to%20appreciate%20the%20real%20value%20of%20laying%20foundations%20for%20future%20developments.%20Our%20share,%20as%20a%20people,%20in%20the%20building%20up%20of%20the%20general%20culture%20of%20Humanity%20has%20been%20nothing%20else%20than%20the%20laying%20of%20its%20foundations%20long%20before%20the%20superstructures%20were%20built%20by%20others.%22 |title=The American Jewish Chronicle |date=1918 |publisher=Alpha Omega Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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