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1874-1953
"Let us not be familiar with the Arab fellahin [peasants] lest our children adopt their ways and learn from their ugly deeds. Let all those who are loyal to the Torah avoid ugliness and that which resembles it and keep their distance from the fellahin and their base attributes." (Expulsion Of The Palestinians, p. 7)
Moshe Smilansky wrote in Hapoel Hatzair in the spring edition of 1908:
"Either the Land of Israel of Israel belongs in the national sense to those Arabs who settled there in recent years [before 1908], and then we have no place there and we must say explicitly: The land of our fathers is lost to us. [Or] if the land of Israel belongs to us, the the Jewish people, then our national interests come before all else. . . . it is not possible for one country to serve as the homeland of two peoples." (Righteous Victims, p. 58)
Note that even when the Zionist presence in Palestine was negligible in 1908, they still looked at the Palestinian people as " recent immigrants". Ironically, many Zionists still propagate this myth to this date.Looting Aqir by newly arrived persecuted European Jewish refugees, 1948
Zionist leader Moshe Smilansky said in 1914:
"We must not forget that we are dealing here with a semi-savage people, which has extremely primitive concepts. And this is his nature: If he senses in you power- he will submit and will hide his hatred for you. And if he senses weakness- he will dominate you .... Moreover ... owing to the many tourists and urban Christians, there developed among the Arabs base values which are not common other primitive people ... to lie, to cheat, to harbor grave [unfounded] suspicions and to tell tales.... and a hidden hatred for the Jews. These Semites- they are anti-Semites." (Righteous Victims, p. 43)
Moshe Smilansky described the looting which GRIPPED the "Jewish state" citizens who covered all spectrum of the Israel society during the 1948 war:
"The urge to grab has seized everyone, Individuals, groups and communities, men, women and children, all fell on the spoils. Doors, windows, lintels, bricks, roof-tiles, floor-tiles, junk and machine parts. ..." He could have also added to the list toilet bowls, sinks, faucets and light bulbs. (1949, The First Israelis, p. 70)
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"When the right of return is allowed for Jews but denied to Palestinians, this dooms the victims of ethnic cleansing to remain stateless, rightless refugees forever. Honest Jews have admitted the horror of what Israeli Jews did?not only to Palestinian refugees?but to Palestinians who were not evicted: "Do we sin only against the refugees? Do we not treat the Arabs who remain as second-class citizens? Did a single Jewish farmer raise his hand in the Parliament in opposition to a law that deprived Arab peasants of their land? ... How lonely, in the city of Jerusalem, sits the Jewish conscience."
This gives an entirely different impression of his perspective than the quotes found on this page. It's clear that the perspective of certain Zionists evolved over time. If the above quote is genuine, it would appear that this happened for Moshe Smilansky.