Maps get redrawn every day, and countries get wiped off the map with increasing rapidity. That doesn't mean the places and the people are destroyed.

The world map used to be dominated by something called "the British Empire". You won't find it there today. You won't find the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or the USSR, or the Roman Empire...

"Lo all our pomp of yesterday is one with Nineveh and Tyre...

All wiped off the map, for good or ill. That's the way the world goes, and there's no reason to think it's stopped changing.

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That quote from Ben Gurion was pretty obviously given by dianavan for whatb it was, his understanding of the way that Palestinian Arabs must inevitably feel. The ability to put yourselves in the shoes of your opponents, and see the world through their eyes is a pretty basic requirement for anyone who aspires to be a political leader. Well, it should be, because if you can't do that you are wearing a blindfold.