October 10, 1963 The Egyptian Gazette

Crusades

From The Egyptian Gazette, October 10, 1963

“Why do you want to throw the Jews into the sea?”

President Nasser of Egypt:

“Colonization and Zionism combined to dispossess the inhabitants and establish a State founded on religion.  How is it possible to accept the status quo when the Arabs were expelled, their property plundered and their women and children murdered? … Peace must be based on justice.  The problem will not come to an end until justice is done. The Arabs fought the Crusaders, the Arabs have lived in the region for thousands of years …”

Source: 36, p. 35.