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Renowned author, I. F. Stone, at the time:<ref>Stone, Isidor Feinstein., Cooke, Jerry., Capa, Robert., Gidal, Tim. This is Israel. United States: Boni and Gaer, 1948. [https://books.google.com/books?&id=sSi7AAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Azzam p. 21].</ref><blockquote>
Renowned author, I. F. Stone, at the time:<ref>Stone, Isidor Feinstein., Cooke, Jerry., Capa, Robert., Gidal, Tim. This is Israel. United States: Boni and Gaer, 1948. [https://books.google.com/books?&id=sSi7AAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Azzam p. 21].</ref><blockquote>
"The partition line proposed," Jamal Husseini of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee boldly warned the UN, "shall be nothing but a line of blood and fire." Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the Arab League, dropped the mask of moderation and told the Egyptian press, "This war will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades."</blockquote>
"The partition line proposed," Jamal Husseini of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee boldly warned the UN, "shall be nothing but a line of blood and fire." Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the Arab League, dropped the mask of moderation and told the Egyptian press, "This war will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades."</blockquote>
[[File:Qawuqji.April.1948.to.drive.the.Jews.jpg|thumb|Daily News, April 6, 1948]]
In 1947-1948 after the slogan to "drive the Jews into the sea," was used by a Jerusalem police chief Kamal Irekat, adopted by the infamous Mufti of Jerusalem and then used by Fawzi el Kaukji, as Arab League field commander. <ref>Collins, L., Lapierre, D. (1988). O Jerusalem!. United States: Simon & Schuster, pp. 74, 80, 101, 178, 201, 291, 245, 293, 334. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DUAaQwildzoC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=o+jerusalem&hl=en&source=gb_entity#v=snippet&q=%22Jews%20into%20the%20sea%22&f=false].</ref><ref>''The Daily News'', April 6, 1948.
[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NUJZjy7GobI/YQ_G2RouOMI/AAAAAAABmE8/T_oLFF84CU0_94NcvC9UKnSMiERmxc3RQCLcBGAsYHQ/w537-h876/april48.jpg].<blockquote><small>
Syrian Leader Blasts Jews With French 75s
By Robert Conway
Jerusalem, April 5. -- Fawzi Bey El Kaukji, field commander of Syrian troops in Palestine, today blasted the Jewish colony of Mishmar Haemek with French 75s.
Apparently it had abandoned the idea of storming the defenders who have withstood five ways of Arab attacks in 24 hours...
Fawzi Bey's attacking force at Mishmar Haemek is estimated at from 1,500 to 2,000 crack troops from his command of 6,000 to 7,000 Syrians, Iraqi and Lebanese troops, which the British admit have illegally taken possession of Samaria in northern Palestine...
Jewish Haganah forces early this morning attacked Arab military headquarters near Tel Aviv killing 25...
The attack on Mishmar Haemek began yesterday at 5. P.M. yesterday when Fawzi Bey personally led a large force on his initial big action to "drive the Jews into the sea."
The assault achieved initial surprise on the colony which normally has about 700 inhabitants, mostly young men and women students...</small></blockquote></ref>
==Bombing civilians==
==Bombing civilians==