User talk:BrandonYusufToropov/test


 * Right. And the prevailing assumption here, which you are, I must concede, laboring inspiringly and manfully to avoid discussing, is that the cite for any such quote must lead directly to the original words spoken in the original tongue. This is why you keep raising Heller, is it not?


 * I will ask you once again: Is this "original tongue" standard required by Wikipedia, or by [| you]?


 * I would also like to know: If I dutifully track down originals of the following sources, scan the pages into PDFs, and, then, e-mail them to [| you] for [[| your] approval, would that be sufficient to convince [| you] that the sources in question actually do reference the quote?

"Finkelstein: 'Chaim Weizmann once blandly observed that the British had informed him that in Palestine 'there are a few hundred thousand Negroes, but that is a matter of no signifiicance.'' History's Verdict: The Cherokee Case. Norman Finkelstein, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Summer, 1995)."

"Masalha: 'More revealing, however, is the anecdote Weizmann (Israel's first President) once told Arthur Ruppin, the head of the colonization department of the Jewish Agency, about how he (Weizmann) obtained the Balfour Declaration in 1917. When Ruppin asked what he thought about the indigenous Palestinians, Weizmann said: 'The British told us that there are some hundred thousand negroes ['kushim'] and for those there is no value.' Israel's Moral Responsibility Toward the Palestinian Refugees, paper by Dr. Nur Masalha. (Masalha is a former assistant professor of Middle Eastern History and Politics at Bir Zeit University, West Bank, Palestine; currently Reader in Religion and Politics at the School of Theology, Philosophy and History, St Mary's University College, England.  He is the author of 'Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of “Transfer” in Zionist Political Thought' (1992);  'Israel and the Palestinians, 1949-1996';  editor of 'The Palestinians in Israel' (1993)."

"Chomsky: 'The perspective is traditional. Chaim Weizmann, the first President of Israel and the most revered Zionist figure, remarked that the British had informed him that in Palestine 'there are a few hundred thousand Negroes, but that is a matter of no significance.'' Deterring Democracy, Noam Chomsky. South End Press, 1991."

"Wilson: 'Several hundred thousand Negroes' remark attributed to Weizmann. A.N. Wilson: 'After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World'. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Page 10."


 * Or would I perhaps be required to study Hebrew for a few years, so I could repeat the process and e-mail you pages from Heller's book, along with a signed affidavit that I had actually read it and understood it?


 * I am looking to engage with you in a dialogue on how to improve this article, Jay, in a way that involves viewpoints that may not always agree with [| your viewpoints]. As an admin, you would, I think, bear a respoinsibility to either engage responsibliy in that dialogue, or take a break for a while from editing this article, to which you have obviously grown quite close over the years. BYT 23:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)