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Relentless.
We want a Jewish Empire. Just like there is the Italian or French Empires on the Mediterranean, we want a Jewish Empire.”
When I inquired into the method of securing this Jewish Empire his voice became hard and determined. “We will take no no for an answer. In your universities in America you teach that a gentleman accepts no for an answer. Well, we don’t.”
Jabotinsky’s idea is to keep asking the English to allow him to have a Jewish Empire until the English are so groggy from saying no that in a semi-conscious condition they will feebly nod their heads in consent. This logic is based upon the belief that English diplomacy is flighty, that is, saying no to everything and then coming around to yes when they have admitted their error.
“After you’ve gotten the Jewish Empire,” I continued, “what is it to be?”
“Palestine is to be the homeland for ten or twelve million Jews.”
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