Jim,
You have supplied not one shred of evidence (despite you two contradictory reasons) for David Ben Gurion's statement either being a fake or his not meaning what he said

Wrong. He is supposed to have said it in an uncorroborated private conversation in 1956.
It was first related in 1978.
That would not stand up in court Jim.

Anyway, he only gave the Arab view, which we all know so what is your point in posting it?