David Ben Gurion was kicked out of Palestine by the Ottoman government and he wound up living in New York and he wrote a book where he said that the Palestinians were not descended from the Arabs but from the ancient Jews. Of course, he was not denying himself the honor of being descended from the ancient Hebrews but what he was saying in his book was that he and the Palestinians were the descendants of the Hebrews. Then as soon as Palestine was invaded by the British, he wasted no time returning to Palestine. Now he was saying that when he returned home to Palestine after 2000 years, he found occupants there and he told the occupants that he was willing to share his land with them but the occupants refused.