text: why does islam want to destroy israel and jews?why  no israel on arabic maps of that region?   islam sees the world as divided between two spheres: those that are under islamic rule and those that are not yet under islamic rule. after a place comes under islamic rule it is not supposed to go back to rule by non-muslims. so, jewish israel creates a problem...   the goal of the arabs is to destroy israel. they don't like the idea of a non-arab, non-muslim country in the region, and apparently have un support...  http://www.eyeontheun.org/view.asp?l=21&p=142