July 1 1937 Israel Offers Peace to Islam
Chaim Weizmann β First President of Israel
βOur historical rights to the country can only be realized side by side with the Arab population. I trust that cooperation will convince them that we are not coming in the spirit of Prussian Junkers, but in the spirit of those serving a sacred national ideal, to whom right and justice are the supreme virtues.β
Source: Memorandum to the Palestine Royal (Peel) Commission