"The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does……" — Chaim Weizmann
"The poor ignorant fellah [Arabic for peasant] does not worry about politics, but when he is told repeatedly by people in whom he has confidence that his livelihood is in danger of being taken away from him by us, he becomes our mortal enemy. . . The Arab is primitive and believes what he is told."
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Chaim Weizmann
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16 Quotes by Chaim Weizmann
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