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Statement (12 September 1939), quoted in Shabtai Teveth, p. 717 (1987), Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 1886–1948 .
• Variants:
• Fight the war as if there was no White Paper, and the White Paper as if there was no war.
 • As quoted in A History of Palestine from 135 A.D. to Modern Times (1949) by James William Parkes, p. 342
• "We shall fight the War as if there was no White Paper, and the White Paper, as if there was no War."
 • As quoted in Pioneer (1968) by Deborah Dayan, p. 83
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We must support the army as though there were no White Paper, and fight the White Paper as though there were no war.

— David Ben-Gurion

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We must support the army as though there were no White Paper, and fight the White Paper as though there were no war." in the context of "Statement (12 September 1939), quoted in Shabtai Teveth, p. 717 (1987), Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground, 1886–1948 .
• Variants:
• Fight the war as if there was no White Paper, and the White Paper as if there was no war.
 • As quoted in A History of Palestine from 135 A.D. to Modern Times (1949) by James William Parkes, p. 342
• "We shall fight the War as if there was no White Paper, and the White Paper, as if there was no War."
 • As quoted in Pioneer (1968) by Deborah Dayan, p. 83" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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David Ben-Gurion

About David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion (16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. He was an active Zionist campaigner before the establishment of the Jewish state, and played an instrumental role in Israel when the British Mandate in Palestine ended. He carried Israel through the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and led the country in its first years of existence, not leaving office for the last time until 1963.