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

Arabs respect only the language of force.

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

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

We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face.

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.

I have learned that the state of Israel cannot be ruled in our generation without deceit and adventurism.