Arab Attitudes to Israel

Part 1 The Arab objective in the conflict: undisguised expressions of objective; ambiguous expressions of objective; phrases coined to express the objective; significance of use of direct and indirect formulations of the objective - criteria of frequency; the objective of compliance with UN resolutions; inadequacy of UN resolutions; liquidation by peaceful means; the objective in propaganda for external consumption; the distinction between liquidating a state and liquidating its population; symbols of liquidation; summing-up of the Arab attitude; the dynamics of the objective. Part 2 The Arab ideology of the conflict: why ideology?; justification for liquidation of Israel; the expansion of the state of Israel; liquidating is feasible; the nature of the conflict as the Arabs see it; pacifism - except for Israel. Part 3 Hostility and the concept of the enemy: hostility; images in the conflict; the enemy is Arab nationalism; factors in Arab hostility; imperialism and colonialism; self-criticism for externalization of guilt; imperialism and Israel; hierarchy of enemies and dangers. Part 4 Zionism: the vileness of Zionism; activities and intrigues of "world Zionism"; Zionism and the Jews; refuting the historic right; identification of Zionism and Judaism; contradictions of Zionism; praises of Zionism; complexities. Part 5 The Jews: Islam and the Jews; the study and sources of Arab anti-semitism; the protocols of the elders of Zion; the vileness of the Jews; the history of the Jews; "Islamization" of Jew-hatred; the blood libel; justification of Nazi crimes; Arab explanations of anti-semitism; the world mission of Arab anti-semitism; anti-semitism in the Arab countries; summary. Part 6 Israel: organic odiousness; the external aspect -aggression, intrigues, exploitation; internal aspects; Israel's anti-Arab activities; favourable and ambivalent references; scurrility, absurdity and falsehood in Arab settlements. Part 7 The Arab's self-image in the conflict: the self-image; history in the light of the self-image. Part 8 From ideology to attitude: errors in evaluation; sincerity of Arab statements; distribution of ideology and images; importance of ideology and images; geopolitical and psychological factors; the nature of the Arab attitude. Part 9 Possibilities of change: changes of attitude on the abstract plane; attitude changes in historical perspective; factors for change.