10 Quotes That Prove Their Goal was Always Genocide

 

There is no doubt the goal of the Arabs towards the Jews of Israel starting from 1948 was genocidal. Here are 11 quotes from Arab leaders of the time you can use in debates with people trying to push the false narrative the Arabs were merely defending themselves from the Zionists.

None of these quotes are from “extremist” fringe figures. They are all from official sources, heads of states, and leaders of mainstream movements.

 

“This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades.”

— Azzam Pasha, first Secretary-General of the Arab League, 1947

“The blood will flow like rivers in the Middle East.”

— Jamal al-Husseini, foreign Minister of the All-Palestine Government, 1947

“I declare a holy war, my Muslim brothers! Murder the Jews! Murder them all!”

— Haj Amin al-Husseini, President of the All-Palestine Government, 1948

“I estimate that none of them [Israelis] will survive.”

— Ahmed Shukairy, chairman of PLO, 1964

“Strike the enemy’s towns, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews.”

— Hafez al-Assad, Defense Minister of Syria, 1966

“The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. This is our opportunity to wipe out the disgrace which is Israel which has been with us since 1948. Our goal is clear- to wipe Israel off the map.”

— Abdul Rahman Arif, President of Iraq, 1967

“Our basic objective will be the destruction of Israel.”

— Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt, 1967

“Every one of the hundred million Arabs has been living for the past nineteen years on one hope – to live to see the day Israel is liquidated.”

— Cairo Radio, 1967

“The goal of our struggle is the end of Israel, and there can be no compromises or mediations… We don’t want peace, we want victory. Peace for us means Israel’s destruction and nothing else.”

— Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO, 1970

“Our struggle will end only when [Israel] is obliterated.”

— Hezbollah “Open Letter” founding document, 1985

“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it.”
— Article 28 of the Hamas Charter, 1988

There are dozens more quotes from equally august figures in the Arab world, but I think you get the idea.

The goal of these people was and continues to be the absolute destruction of the Jewish people in Israel. There can be no compromise with them, only total victory or total defeat.