"This will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades."

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Arab-Israeli conflict20th century in Israel
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Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam Pasha, Secretary General of the Arab League, in anticipation of victory over the new Jewish state in 1948 by the five invading Arab armies. This quote is described by Isi Leibler (1972) and mentioned in letters to the New York Times in 15 October 1951, and 28 August 1958.