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There is no such thing as a Palestinian people... It is not as if we came and threw them out and took their country. They didn't exist.

Golda Meir

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Golda Meir
Age: 80 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 3
Died: 1978
Died: December 8
Former Prime Minister Of Israel
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Kiev
Golda Meyerson
Golda Mabovich
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