There is a principle in Islam known as Takiya, the right to fake peace when you are weak for the purposes of defeating your enemy when you are stronger.
Interestingly, the Muslim Palestinians did not take this tack in 1947, even though they were clearly weaker. Either they weren't true Muslims, or Joseph Farah is full of crap. Regardless, while the Muslims were stating their true intentions publicly, it was the Jews who were plotting in secret.
<<< While the Yishuv's leadership formally accepted the 1947 Partition Resolution, large sections of Israel's society - including...Ben-Gurion - were opposed to or extremely unhappy with partition and from early on viewed the war as an ideal opportunity to expand the new state's borders beyond the UN earmarked partition boundaries and at the expense of the Palestinians.
In internal discussion in 1938 [David Ben-Gurion] stated that "after we become a strong force, as a result of the creation of a state, we shall abolish partition and expand into the whole of Palestine" >>>
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