Jews, Zionists & world government
proponents; Albert Einstein
and David Ben-Gurion at Princeton University, May 1951
and David Ben-Gurion at Princeton University, May 1951
In the August 16, 1948 edition of Time
magazine, Israeli
prime-minister David Ben-Gurion is
quoted as saying:
We consider that the United Nations' ideal is a Jewish ideal.
In 1957, former Israeli prime-minster
David Ben-Gurion was asked to make a
prediction about how the world might
look in 1987. Amongst his predictions
was:
In Jerusalem, the United Nations (a truly United Nations) will build a shrine of the Prophets to serve the federated union of all continents; this will be the scene of the Supreme Court of Mankind, to settle all controversies among the federated continents, as prophesied by Isaiah.
Ben-Gurion, David. Ducovny, Amram M..
David Ben-Gurion, In His Own Words. New
York; Fleet Press Corp. p.116.
In 1947, Albert Einstein wrote an "open
letter" to the General
Assembly of the United Nations, in which
he stated:
the United Nations must act with utmost speed to create the necessary conditions for international security by laying the foundations for a real world government.
OF COURSE there will be opposition. It is by no means certain that the USSR - which is often represented as the main antagonist to the idea of world government - would maintain its opposition if an equitable offer providing for real security were made. Even assuming that Russia is now opposed to the idea of world government, once she becomes convinced that world government is nonetheless in the making her whole attitude may change. She may then insist on only the necessary guarantees of equality before the law so as to avoid finding herself in perennial minority as in the present Security Council.
Nevertheless, we must assume that despite all efforts Russia and her allies may still find it advisable to stay out of such a world government. In that case, and only after all efforts have been made in utmost sincerity to obtain the cooperation of Russia and her allies - the other countries would have to proceed alone. It is of the utmost importance that this partial world government be very strong, comprising at least two-thirds of the major industrial and economic areas of the world. Such strength in itself would make it possible for the partial world government to abandon military secrecy and all the other practices born of insecurity.
Such a partial world government should make it clear from the beginning that its doors remain wide open to any non-member - particularly Russia - for participation on the basis of complete equality. In my opinion, the partial world government should accept the presence of observers from non-member governments at all its meetings and constitutional conventions.
IN ORDER to achieve the final aim - which is one world, and not two hostile worlds - such a partial world government must never act as an alliance against the rest of the world. The only real step toward world government is world government itself.
In a world government the ideological differences between the various component parts are of no grave consequence. I am convinced that the present difficulties between the USA and the USSR are not due primarily to ideological differences. Of course, these ideological differences are a contributing element in an already serious tension. But I am convinced that even if the USA and Russia were both capitalist countries - or communist, or monarchist, for that matter - their rivalries, conflicting interests and jealousies would result in strains similar to those existing between the two countries today.
The United Nations now and world government eventually must serve one single goal the guarantee of the security, tranquillity, and the welfare of all mankind.
United Nations World New York, October 1947, pp. 13-14 Open Letter
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS
By Albert Einstein
