Chaim Weizmann
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Chaim Azriel Weizmann (חיים ויצמן) (also: Chaijim W., Haim W.) (November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Attributed
- The choice for our people, Mr. President, is between statehood and extermination.
- To President Harry S. Truman on April 9, 1948
- With regard to the Arab question - the British told us that there are several hundred thousand Negroes there but this is a matter of no consequence.
- העם היהודי הוא כמו דשן, כשמפזרים אותו הוא עוזר לחקלאות לצמוח, לעומת זאת, כשמרכזים אותו במקום אחד הוא סתם מסריח.
- Translation: The Jewish people are like manure, spread around they fertilize but when concentrated they just stink.
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