Jerusalem,
17.4.55
Dear Moshe,
Unfortunately,
and despite the fact that they are supported by my “Haggada,” I cannot concur
with your conclusions. I do not reject the fact that the UN resolved that “the
Jewish State will be established,” but I stand unswervingly behind my opinion
that the State was not established on the strength of that phrase, and that
it would have been established without it.
I will not
profess to convince you, but would like to correct an error in your
interpretation of my opinion.
In the
story of pre-state Israel, one cannot, of course, disregard the Bevin episode
and the referral of the problem of Eretz-Israel to the UN and the General
Assembly resolution, but the State was established out of necessity and our
internal necessity once Great Britain was not able to continue, or did not
desire to uphold the Mandate in its letter and spirit.
Sincerely,
D.B.G.
NOTE: Ben-Gurion was replying to Sharett's letter (not found) of April 13
