[nicky g]

"Arabs, who defied the right of the Jews for self-determination, declared the annihilation of Jewish existence to be their supreme objective. The Jews well understood what this meant in terms of survival."

Rubbish. When prodded you yourself have admitted that the Arabs' objection was to "Jewsih self-determination" ie establishing a Jewish state in Palestine, where they lived; something any reasonable person would object to ("hey guys, mind if hundreds of thousands of people immigrate and set up a new state based on our religion here where you live? Aw, thanks"), and not to Jewish existence.

In none other than David Ben-Gurion's words: ""If I were an Arab leader I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal, we've taken your country.

"There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing, we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?" "