Reply #67: If you seriously believe this, then you're totally deluded.

[aranthus]

How could a war plan which was:

1. largely defensive in nature
2. not implemented until well after the war started;
3. not going to be used except that the Arabs started the war; and
4. kept secret from the Arabs

POSSIBLY BE A DECLARATION OF WAR? What, the Arabs fired the first shots in November, 1947, because the Jews were planning to defend themselves? How does an Israeli plan that the Arabs didn't even know about come to be a declaration of war?

I do not understand the inability of the Arabs and their supporters to accept historical facts which reflect negatively on them. The Arabs fired the first shot. Deal with it. Trying to deny facts so well proven only damages the credibility of your entire position, and makes it look like you aren't serious about peace. Which is why there isn't any.