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| Iran points at Israel 'threat' to Europe, US |
| 2009-10-05 |
| Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has warned the US and Europe of what he calls Israel's 'danger' over their continuous support for Tel Aviv. "The US is facing a big test, because Israel is a threat to the region and even to Europe and the USA, and citizens of the West are no longer willing to put up with any more humiliation for supporting racists," Mottaki said during a meeting with Hamas official Musa Muhammad Abu Marzuq in Tehran on Sunday. He also condemned latest Israeli provocation after Israeli forces shut access to Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (Al-Quds). "The recent acts of the Zionists in the Al-Aqsa Mosque reveal Israel's racist nature and should be a warning to the Muslim and Arab countries," said Mottaki, according to a press release from Iran's Foreign Ministry. Calling the ratcheting up the pressure against the Palestinians "a violation of human rights", Iran's chief diplomat said the Israeli policies stiffens the resolve of Palestinian residents, "and makes them more resolute on the path of resistance." Mottaki supported the notion of reconciliation between different Palestinian groups and expressed the hope for the day when the world witnesses "a democratic and popular state with the participation of all Palestinians." The deputy chief of the Hamas political bureau, for his part, expressed appreciation for the moral support of Iran for the resistance movement. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is Islam's third holiest place, and has been under illegal Israeli occupation since 1967. Israeli authorities have recently shut off the mosque to Muslims and have instead allowed large number of Jewish worshippers into the area of the Dome of the Rock to coincide with the Jewish Festival of Sukkot. The recent measures have resulted in disturbances in the area and Palestinian casualties. The Palestinian resistance is fully prepared to counter Israel's warmongering policies, Abu Marzuq said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The Al-Aqsa Mosque is Islam's third holiest place, and has been under illegal Israeli occupation since 1967. When you kick the living sh$$ out of your enemies and take over his territory IN A WAR OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, there's nothing "illegal" about it. This whole "illegal" BS is just an attempt to force Israel to concede territory it actually has every right to keep for the next 1000 years. One of these days an Israeli leader is going to get thoroughly fed up with the riff-raff that surrounds Israel, and there will be some instant sunrises. There will be a lot fewer Arab enemies afterwards. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-10-05 22:46 |
| #2 You mean like the Al Aqsa mosque, Ana? Or like last year, when the pope (the Catholic one from Rome) prayed at the Wailing Wall, the last remaining part of Temple in Jerusalem? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-05 18:51 |
| #1 The real story is that non-muslim are not allowed to pray near the location of the Holy Temple , if somebody is suspected of the "crime" of praying is remove immediately by the police. |
| Posted by: Ana 2009-10-05 13:04 |