May 12, 1948 Foreign Minister of Egypt on Intention to Annihilate Israel by hadassah | Jul 12, 2017 | Arabs Say No to Jewish Homeland, Presence in the Land, State of Israel Mohammed Saleh-El-din Bey, foreign minister of Egypt: “THE ARABS INTEND TO ANNIHILATE THE STATE OF ISRAEL.” Source: Fisher, Carol A. and Red Krinsky. Middle East in Crisis. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1959.