No Jew is at liberty to surrender the right of the Jewish Nation and the
Land of Israel to exist.
No Jewish body is sanctioned to do so.
Even all the Jews alive today have no authority to yield any piece of land
whatsoever.
This right is reserved to the Jewish People throughout the generations.
This right cannot be forfeited under any circumstances.
Even if at some given time there will be those who declare
that they are relinquishing this right, they have neither the power
nor the authority to negate it for future generations.
The Jewish Nation is neither obligated by nor responsible for any such
waiver.
Our right to this land, in its entirety, is enduring and eternal.
And until the coming of the Redemption, we shall never yield this
historic right.
-David Ben-Gurion, speech to the 21st Zionist Congress, Basel 1937