Mike,

>>>>They will not settle for anything less than obliterating Israel and forcefully retaking the land [mostly] lawfully acquired by Israel after WWII.
>>>Ready to prove this?
>>Although he has backed off this statement, Arafat said this many, many years ago.
>
>I meant prove that Israel legitimately acquired the land. Recall that the war in 1967 happened after the UN (Israel included) made an international law that borders may not by changed by force.

Simple.

1) You attack me.
2) I fight back.
3) I win.
4) You lose.
5) I keep what I win so you cannot attack me from there again.

Candidly I would recommend you do a little more digging on your overall fact base. The Arabs have one and only one goal - to finish what Hitler started. You should get transcripts of what Arafat says to his own people. They have not backed off one whit from their original intention concerning the complete destruction of the state of Israel and all Jews worldwide. Now, the Israelis certainly do not have clean hands but from what I've seen the notion of applying moral equivilence to these two parties is silly at best.

Even the Syrians kicked the Palestinians out so they've suffered from a lot of quarters.

the word 'Palestine' is a deliberate derivitave of the ancient name for Israel's enemy 'Philistine'. - not by accident...