Even if Ben Gurion said that, who cares? You should judge the Nation of Israel by what their Democratically Elected Government Does, not what one man like Ben Gurion said decades ago. Guess what The Nation of Israel did in 2005? They withdrew from Gaza and dismantled Jewish settlements there. THAT is the real world concrete action by which you should judge the Nation of Israel. They made a peace gesture in 2005, and rather than reciprocate that peace gesture, Hamas ramped up attacks, so Israel justifiably ramped up its blockade in response.