Israel Defender

There is an entrenched belief in the minds of most Israelis that if an Islamic Hitler were to have a nuclear arsenal of several atom bombs at his disposal he would more than likely unleash it against Israel. The fact that such an action would not only consume both the Jewish and Arab population would not deter this Hitler. The fervent objective of fanatical Islamists like Ahmadinejad to wipe Israel off the map is regarded by Israelis as too extreme a possibility to be ignored. Leading to the conclusion that Iran must be prevented from acquiring this weapon of mass destruction.

Theoretically Israel should have nothing to worry about since the US went to war against Iraq when their intelligence became convinced Saddam had weapons of mass destruction at his disposal. This danger was more than the US could stomach politically and militarily and President Bush won a majority in Congress and the Senate for making war on Iraq.

But times change and the new man in the White House is himself a man of change who has made it clear he will not follow in his predecessors footsteps. Witness his obstinate insistence that Israel must not lay another brick to build a new home in existing Jewish towns and villages on the West Bank. Moreover, where Bush clearly stated that the US would regard a nuclear attack on Israel as an attack on the US, Obama has ominously avoided repeating this promise in his speech to the Islamic world in Cairo recently.<br><br> I doubt very much whether the world will one day be the least surprised to hear that Israel has wiped out an Iranian nuclear weapon facility. The US will surely stand by Israel if and when this happens - Obama will not need to read the story in the morning papers. Whether Israel will be able to bring this off is another matter. For it is certain that Iran has taken every step money can buy to ensure that her atomic installation is impregnable to a conventional attack.<br><br> Why Israel will frustrate Irans intentions if deemed essential is explained in the unanimous desire on the part of our Arab neighbors to exterminate us in previous wars. Their intention could not be clearer as evidenced by their furious threats. The world, Jews included, did not believe Hitler and were proved fatally wrong. Jews more that any other nationality cannot gamble on being wrong a second time.

Heres how our Arab neighbors expressed their genocidal intentions in 1948 and 1967. Egypt was unable to repeat earlier threats in 1973 having internalized the advantage of surprise.<br> 1. “. . . the surviving Jews would be helped to return to their native countries, but my estimation is that none will survive". **1947 Shuqeiri, leader Palestinian Liberation Organization**<br> 2. "We will smash the country with our guns and obliterate every place the Jews seek shelter in. The Arabs should conduct their wives and children to safe areas until the fighting has died down." **1947. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Said**<br> 3. “We will murder, wreck and ruin everything standing in our way, be it English, American or Jewish.” **1947. Fawzi al-Qawukji Commander Palestine Liberation Army**<br> 4. "Palestine shall be consumed with fire and blood if the Jews get any part of it.” **November 11, 1947. Jamal Al-Husseini, acting Chairman of the (Palestinian) Arab Higher Committee**<br> 5. “If the Zionists dare establish a state, the massacres we would unleash will dwarf anything which Genghis Khan and Hitler perpetrated." **May 1, 1948. Arab League secretary-general Azzam Pasha**<br> 6. ". . . would continue fighting until the Zionists were annihilated and the whole of Palestine became a purely Arab state.” **27 May 1948. Jamal al-Husseini Grand Mufti of Jerusalem**<br> 7. “. . . undertake the liberation battle that will tear the hearts from the bodies of the hateful Jews and trample them in the dust”. **June 2 1948. Damascus Radio**<br> 8. "He pointed out that they were already on the frontiers and that all the millions the Jews had spent on land and economic development would be easy booty, for it would be a simple matter to throw the Jews into the Mediterranean . . .” **June 8, 1951 Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League**<br> 9. "We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand. We shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood." **March 8, 1965 President Nasser** <br> 10. "Our aim is the full restoration of the rights of the Palestinian people. In other words, we aim at the destruction of the State of Israel. The immediate aim: perfection of Arab military might. The national aim: the eradication of Israel." **November 18, 1965 President Nasser** <br> 11. “We want a full scale, popular war of liberation”¦ to destroy the Zionist enemy" **1967 Syrian President Dr. Nureddin al-Attasi** <br> 12. “We challenge you, Eshkol, to try all your weapons. Put them to the test; they will spell Israels death and annihilation.” May 1967 Cairo Radio

13. “As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel. We shall exercise patience no more. We shall not complain any more to the UN about Israel. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is total war, which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence.” May 18, 1967 President Nasser

14. “This is our chance Arabs, to deal Israel a mortal blow of annihilation, to blot out its entire presence in our holy land.” May 19, 1967 Cairo Radio

15. “The battle will be a general one and our basic objective will be to destroy Israel”. May 26 1967 President Nasser

16. “The Arab people is firmly resolved to wipe Israel off the map.” May 22, 1967 Cairo Radio

17. “The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. This is our opportunity to wipe out the ignominy which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear ”“ to wipe Israel off the map.” May 31, 1967. Iraqi President Abdel Rahman Aref
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