The real problem in the Middle East — Muslim extremists don’t want peace, they want the total destruction of Israel

In this six-minute video, radio host Dennis Prager explains the real reason there is no peace in the Middle East.

He says Muslim extremists don’t want peace, because they desire Israel’s destruction. With that as their ultimate goal, lasting peace is impossible.

Even the terrorist organization Hamas — which controls the Gaza strip– calls for Israel’s destruction in its Charter.

So who else has called for Israel’s destruction?

The Bible		Today (a few examples)
From the time God created Israel, it has been under attack by its enemies. While today, Muslim extremists call for for Israel’s destruction, the very same thing was happening in the Old Testament. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more.” ⁵For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant: ⁶The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites; ⁷Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; ⁸Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah. (Pslam 83:4-8 NASV)		In its charter, the terrorist organization Hamas, which controls the Gaza strip, calls for Israel’s destruction. Their charter states: “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” Read their charter. ____________________
		In a Facebook posting a member of Fatah, a competing organization with Hamas in Palestine, called for Israel’s end. In his August 5, 2014 posting, Fatah Central Committee member Tawfiq Tirawi said: “O our free people of resolve and sacrifice in Gaza, you are more honored than us all… We remain committed to the promise: freedom, independence, and driving out the occupier from the entire pure land, from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea.” Read more. ____________________
		In a message delivered on July 18, 2014 on Qatar TV,Qatar Sheik Tareq Al-Hawwa called on Allah to: “Count them [the Israelites] one by one, and kill them to the very last one. Do not spare a single one of them.” Read more. ____________________
		On July 18, 2014,speaking at the Al-Nour Mosque in Berlin, Sheikh Abu Bilal Ismail prays for the destruction of Israel. He says: “Oh Allah, destroy the Zionist Jews. They are no challenge for you. Count them and kill them to the very last one. Don’t spare a single one of them.” Read more. ____________________
		July 2014, Muslim protestors, joined by German leftists, were shouting “Gas the Jews,” a reference to the Nazi slaughter of 6 million Jews during World War II. Read more. ____________________
		Speaking to a group of college students, Iran’s supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that the only solution to the Middle East crisis was the total destruction of Israel. Read more: ____________________
		In October 2005, while attending a conference called the World Without Zionism, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for Israel to be “Wiped off the map.” He repeated his call for the destruction of Israel in 2008 (Youtube).