There was no such thing as Palestinians
"There was no such thing as Palestinians" is part of a widely repeated statement by Golda Meir, the then Israeli Prime Minister, in her second month in office, made in an interview with Frank Giles, then deputy editor of The Sunday Times on June 15, 1969, to mark the second anniversary of the Six-Day War.
It is considered to be the most famous example of Israeli denial of a distinct Palestinian identity.[1]
Interviews
Initial statement
The interview entitled Who can blame Israel was published in The Sunday Times on June 15, 1969, and included the following exchange: