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| Iran "totally rejects" Palestine U.N. statehood bid |
| 2011-10-01 |
| Iran's supreme leader rejected the Palestinians' U.N. statehood bid on Saturday, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a "cancerous tumor" forever threatening the security of the Middle East. As leader of a country under a long-standing threat of military action from Israel and the United States, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the Jewish state and its allies to expect "paralyzing blows" that a NATO missile shield could not prevent. "Any plan that seeks to divide Palestine is totally rejected," Khamenei told a conference on the Palestinian issue. "The two-state scheme, which has been clad in the self-righteousness of the acceptance of the Palestinian government and membership at the United Nations, is nothing but a capitulation to the demands of the Zionists or the recognition of the Zionist regime on Palestinian land," he declared. Israel's U.S. ally has vowed to veto the Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, now being discussed by a U.N. Security Council panel, if it goes to a vote. Khamenei's speech underlined Iran's support for groups that oppose Israel, including Hamas, the Islamist faction which rules the Gaza Strip and which rejected the U.N. bid presented by President Mahmoud Abbas as "begging" for statehood. The 72-year-old cleric also sought to portray Iran as the greatest defender of the Palestinian cause, criticizing other countries in the region that have close ties to Washington. Two of these, Egypt and Jordan, have recognized Israel. "Governments that host Zionist embassies or economic bureaus cannot advocate support for Palestine," he said in comments aimed, among others, at post-Mubarak Egypt with which Tehran is seeking to restore the diplomatic ties cut since 1979. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Even better, let's start a rumor that any Iranian who converts to Judaism can immigrate to Israel and live there free from oppression. Oh, wait, that's no rumor, it is the truth. No one would believe it. |
| Posted by: rammer 2011-10-01 21:13 |
| #3 I think it would be hilarious to start a rumor in Iran that, in exchange for nationhood, Abbas had signed off on a treaty with Israel, acknowledging their existence, agreeing to peace in exchange for continued water, electricity and fair trade at their border, and the expulsion from the West Bank of anyone who commits an act of violence against Israel. Persians are so contemptuous of Arabs that they would believe it. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-01 14:10 |
| #2 Similar to the leftie moonbats who complain that Bambi isn't 'radical' enough... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-10-01 11:28 |
| #1 About damn time. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-10-01 10:31 |