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→Arab threats pre 1948 war
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]]
[[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.
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.