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The dark warnings of Arab leaders about what would happen to Israel if their forces were to triumph had been all too explicit. Only a week before the outbreak of fighting, [[Egypt]]'s president, Gamal Abdul [[Nasser]], had threatened that "this will be a total war. Our basic aim is the destruction of Israel." And the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, [[Ahmad Shukeiri|Ahmed Shukairy]], had added to the sense of looming tragedy, "Those native-born Israelis who survive can remain in Palestine. But I estimate that none of them will survive."</blockquote>
The dark warnings of Arab leaders about what would happen to Israel if their forces were to triumph had been all too explicit. Only a week before the outbreak of fighting, [[Egypt]]'s president, Gamal Abdul [[Nasser]], had threatened that "this will be a total war. Our basic aim is the destruction of Israel." And the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, [[Ahmad Shukeiri|Ahmed Shukairy]], had added to the sense of looming tragedy, "Those native-born Israelis who survive can remain in Palestine. But I estimate that none of them will survive."</blockquote>
[[File:Driving the Jews into the sea.PNG|thimb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh9CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q&f=false "Driving the Jews into the sea." Syrian cartoon. (How the phrase was always literally meant in the Arab world)]]]
Historian:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HxC7AAAAIAAJ&q=Shukeiri+hitler Meyer Levin: 'The Story of Israel,' (Putnam), 1966 (1967), pp. 221-222].</ref>
Historian:<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HxC7AAAAIAAJ&q=Shukeiri+hitler Meyer Levin: 'The Story of Israel,' (Putnam), 1966 (1967), pp. 221-222].</ref>