The Elimination of Israel Is a Consensus Goal Among 80% of Palestinians" WWW.PROISRAELFOREVER.COM

In Israel last month, Middle East scholar and author Daniel Pipes
gave a lecture on "The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem." Pipes produced
empirical evidence to demonstrate that any and all Arab claims to
"al-Quds" (Jerusalem) are, and have always been, merely utilitarian.
"Israel's war goals consist of winning the acceptance of its Arab
enemies, in particular that of the Palestinians. Acceptance means no
longer using force - or other means, for that matter - to eliminate the
Jewish state. The Arab war goals, conversely, are to eliminate the
Jewish state," said Pipes in an interview.
"The Palestinians hold the notion of occupation dear to them, to
the point that no matter what Israel does - even withdraw forces
completely from Gaza - they say the occupation continues. Israelis are
trying to "un-occupy," in terms of currency, utilities and much else,
and the Palestinians are saying, 'No, we're your unwanted stepchild,
and we're yours.'"
The ultimate Palestinian war goal is "definitely the elimination
of Israel. That is to say, there is far wider agreement on this than on
the notion of a Palestinian state....The great debate among
Palestinians is not over goals; the elimination of Israel is a
consensus goal among 80% of the Palestinian population."
"The dominant Palestinian slogan last summer was, 'Today Gaza,
tomorrow Jerusalem.' There's no question that they saw the Israeli
withdrawal from Gaza as a vindication of their use of force."
"The Arabic-speaking Muslims have had a great deal of difficulty
in coping with modern life, and blame others for their problems.
They're not introspective and not productive and constructive in their
self-criticism." There needs to be "a sense of taking responsibility
for themselves. An attempt to be introspective, to figure out what the
problems are."
"There are positive examples. The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Muhammad
Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, has recently come out with a book titled My
Vision, for instance. He's of note, because he actually achieved
something. He stayed away from ideology and built an economic success
story."

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