So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.

The state of Israel must, from time to time, prove clearly that it is strong, and able and willing to use force, in a devastating and highly effective way. If it does not prove this, it will be swallowed up, and perhaps wiped off the face of the earth.

When the Jewish state is established - it is very possible that the result will be transfer of Arabs.

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

We are very anxious to bring the Jews of Morocco over and we are doing all we can to achieve this. But we cannot count on the Jews of Morocco alone to build the country, because they have not been educated for this.