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*Unofficial Hamas Website Calls on Muslims to Employ WMDs against Jews, Target Non-Jews Supporting Zionists
http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=641¶m=APT
On January 1, 2009, the unofficial Hamas website www.palestine-info.info (hosted by Emirnet-Emirnet in the UAE) posted an article titled "Time Has Come to Expand the War against the Jews and Use WMDs."
Posted at: January 02, 2009
*Muslim Brotherhood General Guide: The Time Has Come For Jihad To The Maximum Degree
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12619.htm
In his weekly sermon, Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Mahdi 'Akef called to launch jihad for the Palestinians in Gaza in any way possible: military warfare, popular resistance groups, donations of blood and money, and comprehensive boycott. He said that this fateful moment of the battle against Zionism is the time for jihad to its maximum degree, and that this is incumbent upon everyone. In an interview with the London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 'Akef said that Israel's operation in Gaza was planned and coordinated with Egypt, Palestine, the U.S., and Israel, and that all of them had agreed with the Zionist-U.S. agenda to assassinate the heads of the Palestinian resistance.
Source: Ikhwanonline.com, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, January 2, 2009
*New from MEMRI TV: Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al's Declaration That "Tahdiya" Is Over
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12478.htm
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*Saudi FM: If The 'Tahdiya' Had Continued, We Wouldn't Be In This Situation
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12613.htm
Replying to a question following the meetings of Arab foreign ministers on December 31, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal hinted at Hamas when he said that continuing the tahdiya would have prevented the current situation. In response to calls on Egypt and Saudi Arabia to act against the aggression in Gaza, Al-Faisal said that Arab leaders were not adventurists, and would not enter into a battle without determining its nature, but that they would be the first to defend the interests of their peoples at the proper time. He called for convening the Supreme Council for Defense of the Arab countries to design an integrated defense program that would protect the Arabs from adventurism that has become a disaster for the Arab world because of the haste for entering into battles without preparation.
Source: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2, 2009
*Senior PA Official: We Should Have Extended 'Tahdiya'
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12582.htm
Adli Sadeq, senior Palestinian Foreign Ministry official and columnist for the Palestinian daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, wrote that the Palestinians' immediate aim was a ceasefire – that is, a tahdiya for a tahdiya. In his view, before the Israeli operation began the Palestinians could have obtained more in exchange for extending the tahdiya – perhaps even Israeli agreement to opening the Rafah crossing – while today they are forced to settle for a ceasefire.
Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida , Palestinian Authority, December 31, 2008
*Cartoon In Kuwaiti Paper: Iran Unrolls Red Carpet For Israeli Invasion Of Lebanon, Gaza
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12581.htm
Cartoonist: 'Ali Farazat
Source: Al-Watan, Kuwait, December 31, 2008
*Cartoon In UAE Paper: The International, Arab, And Islamic Positions On Israel's Gaza Offensive
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12580.htm
Cartoonist: 'Ali Khalil
Source: Al-Khaleej, UAE, December 31, 2008
*Mubarak To Palestinians: We Warned You Not To Refuse 'Tahdiya'
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12579.htm
In a speech to the Egyptian people, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak demanded that Israel immediately halt its offensive in Gaza, telling Israel's leaders: "Your bloodstained hands arouse rage and distance hopes of peace." He said that Egypt would not open the Rafah crossing so as not to fall into Israel's trap, since Israel is striving to expand the rift between the West Bank and Gaza. Mubarak added that "Egypt would not permit anyone to gain political profit and to increase his influence [in the region] at the expense of Palestinian blood." To the Palestinians, he said, "We warned you... that your refusing a tahdiya would push Israel to attack Gaza, and we stressed that thwarting Egypt's efforts to extend the tahdiya would invite an Israeli attack."
Source: Al-Ahram, Al-Gomhouriyya, Egypt, December 31, 2008
*Website Identified With Hamas: Policemen Killed In Gaza Were 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Members
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12573.htm
Rashid Thabet, who writes regularly for a website identified with Hamas, has praised the policemen killed in Gaza, stating that they were no mere regular cops who flunked out of school and were recruited to oppress the residents on behalf of a tyrannical regime, but policemen who were the elite of Palestinian society. He said that nearly all of them were 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam members, who by day carried out security missions and by night engaged in jihad and attacks.
Source: Palestine-info.info, December 29, 2008
*Senior Lebanese Cleric: Strike At Israeli Representations Worldwide
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12569.htm
Sheikh 'Afif Al-Nabulsi, head of clerics at Jabal Amel, Lebanon, has called on Muslim fighters to give top priority to strikes at Israeli diplomatic representations worldwide, and to blow up Israel's embassies wherever possible.
Source: Fars, Iran, December 30, 2008
*Saudi Arabia To Prevent Anti-Israel Demonstrations
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12567.htm
In light of calls in the world for demonstrations against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the Saudi Interior Ministry spokesman said that Saudi security forces would prevent any attempt to demonstrate.
Demonstrations and marches are banned in Saudi Arabia.
Source: Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 30 2008
*Saudi Authorities Arrest Cleric Who Permitted Harming Of Israeli Targets
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12558.htm
The Saudi authorities have arrested Saudi cleric Sheikh Awadh Al-Qarni, following his December 28 fatwa permitting the harming of Israel targets worldwide.
(To view the MEMRI TV page for Sheikh Al-Qarni, visit http://www.memritv.org/subject/en/780.htm)
Source: Okhdood.com, December 30, 2008
*New on MEMRI TV: Egyptian Clerics Intensify Antisemitic Rants, Against the Backdrop of the Gaza Fighting
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12533.htm
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*Al-Azhar 'Ulama Front To Egyptian Soldiers: Don't Defend Gaza Border
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12521.htm
The Al-Azhar 'Ulama Front, a body comprising radical clerics within Al-Azhar who oppose its official line, has issued a fatwa banning Egyptian troops from defending the border with Gaza from Palestinians fleeing the fighting. According to the fatwa, the land of the Muslims is a single unit, and there must be no fighting for borders demarcated by the infidels. The background to the fatwa is an incident of cross-border shooting in which a Palestinian and an Egyptian soldier were killed; the fatwa depicts the dead Palestinian as a "martyr" and the Egyptian soldier as the aggressor.
Source: Jabhaonline.org, December 29, 2008
*Cartoon In Lebanese Paper: Iran Intensifies Conflict In Gaza
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12520.htm
Cartoonist: Nabil Abu Hamad
Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, December 29, 2008
*Syrian Columnist: Egypt Needs Another Officers' Revolution
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12516.htm
In his column in the Syrian daily Al-Watan, Iyad Wanus accused Egypt of "conspiring with Israel to eliminate a million and a half Palestinians" in Gaza. He said, "The Egyptian people today need another officers' revolution [like the July 1952 Free Officers revolution] to give Egypt back to the Egyptians and restore the Egyptian people's honor, which it has lost because of [Egyptian President] Hosni Mubarak and his aides."
Source: Al-Watan, Syria, December 30, 2008
*Egyptian PM: Nasrallah Attempting To Create Anarchy In Region
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12515.htm
Egyptian PM Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit has attacked Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah for calling on Egypt's residents and the Egyptian military to rebel against the Egyptian regime. Al-Gheit said that Nasrallah was speaking unconsciously and without understanding a thing, and was trying to create anarchy in the region to serve interests that were not those of the residents.
Source: Al-Gomhouriyya, Egypt; Al-Ahram, Egypt, December 30, 2008
*Cartoon In Jordanian Paper On Arab Silence Over Gaza Events
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12514.htm
Cartoonist: 'Imad Hajjaj
Source: Al-Ghad, Jordan, December 29, 2008
*Egyptian FM: Hamas Bars Injured from Leaving Gaza
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12507.htm
Egyptian FM Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit stated that Egypt has been preventing wounded Gazans from being transferred to Egypt for treatment. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum stated that Hamas is against opening the Rafah crossing only to the wounded, and called on Egypt to open it unconditionally.
Source: Al-Ahram (Egypt), December 29, 2008
*Syrian Press Continues Onslaught on Moderate Arab Countries
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12505.htm
In an editorial, the Syrian government daily Teshreen accused some of the Arabs (hinting at Egypt and Saudi Arabia) of neglecting their national and pan-Arab duty by befriending Israel and America at the expense of Arab solidarity. Editorials in the Syrian government daily Al-Thawra stated that some Arabs were extending political, logistic and media assistance to the Gaza massacre, and that history would not forgive those who conspired against the Palestinian people.
Sources: Teshreen, Al-Thawra (Syria), December 29, 2008
*Kuwaiti MP Condemns Abu Mazen during Gaza Protest March
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12503.htm
In a protest march in Kuwait against the events in Gaza, MP Walid Al-Tabtabai called to deny PA President Mahmoud Abbas entry into Kuwait, and raised his shoe, saying "this is for 'Abbas." During the march, a speech by Hamas Political Bureau Head Khaled Mash'al was played over the loudspeakers in which he called on the Kuwaitis to help the besieged people of Gaza.
Source: Al-Siyassa (Kuwait), December 29, 2008
*Qaddafi's Son: We Will Send "Suicide Ship" to Gaza
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12502.htm
In an interview for Al-Jazeera TV, Hannibal Qaddafi, son of Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi, lambasted Egypt for preventing a Libyan airplane carrying aid for Gaza from landing in Al-'Arish airport. He declared that, despite the sea embargo, Libya would send an aid ship to Gaza, which he described as a "suicide ship."
Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), December 29, 2008
*Cartoon in Saudi Daily: "Hamas Threatens Retaliation for Being Targeted"
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12498.htm
Cartoonist: Jihad 'Awartani
Source: Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia), December 27, 2008
*Al-Arabiya Director-General: Hamas Attacking Egypt to Evade Responsibility for Disaster in Gaza
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12496.htm
Al-Arabiya Director-General and former editor or Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Rashed, said that Hamas was trying to evade its responsibility for the Gaza disaster by attacking the Egyptian government, as part of the campaign waged against Egypt by the Syrian-Iranian axis. Rashed praised Egyptian FM Ahmad Abu Al-Gheit as the only Arab official who dared to criticize Hamas at this time, when anyone who does so is immediately branded a supporter of Israel.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), December 29, 2008
*In Response to Gaza Offensive, Syrian and Hamas Media Lambast Egypt, Saudi Arabia
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12452.htm
The Syrian and Hamas media have responded to the Gaza attack with harsh criticism against Egypt and Saudi Arabia. An editorial in the Syrian website www.champress.net accused the Syrian and Saudi leaders of collaborating with Israel in the spilling of Palestinian blood. The Syrian government daily Teshreen stated in an editorial that "certain Arab leaders" regarded Israel as a strategic ally and were helping it to annihilate the resistance movements in Palestine and Lebanon. Associates of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahhar accused Egypt of collaborating with Israel in deceiving the Hamas in Gaza.
Sources: www.champress.net, December 27, 2008; Teshreen (Syria), December 28, 2008; Teshreen (Syria), December 28, 2008; Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), December 27, 2008.
*Saudi Cleric: Israeli Interests throughout the World Are Legitimate Targets
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12451.htm
Saudi cleric 'Awadh Al-Qarni has issued a fatwa permitting the targeting of Israeli interests throughout the world in retaliation for the Gaza attack.
Source: www.palestine-info.info/ar, December 28, 2008
*Al-Sharq Al-Awsat: Let Hamas Bear the Consequences of Its Actions
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12450.htm
In response to the Israeli offensive in Gaza, the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat harshly criticized Hamas, saying that it trades in Palestinian blood, just like Hizbullah, and decides when to maintain a hudna and when to attack – with the entire Arab world dancing to its tune. The daily's editor, Tariq Alhomayed, called on the world to let Hamas bear the consequences of its decisions, for once, and not to let Israel's crimes cloud its awareness of Hamas' actions.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat (London), December 28, 2008
*PA Chairman: Hamas Responsible for Gaza Offensive
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12449.ht
PA Chairman Mahmoud 'Abbas said that Hamas is responsible for the for Israel's attack in Gaza, because it failed to extend the tahdiah as the PA urged it to do.
Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi (London), December 28, 2008
*Syria Suspends Indirect Talks with Israel
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12448.htm
According to Turkish sources, Syria has informed Turkey that it is suspending its indirect talks with Israel in response to the attack in Gaza.
Source: www.champres.net, December 28, 2008
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*Iranian Students: If Our Demands Aren't Met, We'll Go To Gaza On Our Own
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12614.htm
Students from the Sistan-Balochistan province, in southeastern Iran, have demanded that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to present, "at this historic moment," the difference between the Iranian Islamic regime – the hope of the oppressed peoples in the world – and the Arab regimes that seek conciliation with Israel. They called on Ahmadinejad to pressure OPEC to launch an oil boycott of Israel, to act to send forces from Islamic countries to Gaza, to freeze relations with the "criminal collaborator" Egypt, and to boycott companies supporting Israel.
The students threatened that if their demand was not met they would go to Gaza on their own.
Source: Fars, Iran, January 1, 2009
*Senior Iranian Official To Muslims Worldwide: Demonstrate Against Your Governments' Silence
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12576.htm
Iranian Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezai has called on Muslims worldwide to demonstrate against their governments so that they would stop their silence in light of the Israeli offensive in Gaza. He said that such a protest would undermine the stability in the Middle East.
Source: ILNA, Iran, December 29, 2008
*In Iran, 20,000 Sign Up To Fight Israel
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12570.htm
During demonstrations across Iran yesterday, some 20,000 people signed up to volunteer to fight against Israel, and thousands more are expected to sign up today. "On the first day of registration to fight Zionist regime and to help Palestinians, 7,000 students from the universities of Isfahan have claimed readiness," Mohammad Zarifi, member of Iran's Students Islamic Association, told the Fars news agency. Another Iranian students group, Basij Students of Tehran Universities, announced that it is registering volunteers to fight Israel. The registration came a day after Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a religious decree saying whoever dies fighting Israel and in defense of Gaza would be a martyr.
Source: Fars, Iran, December 30, 2008
*Ahmadinejad, Mash'al: Palestinian Resistance Brings Victory
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12553.htm
In a phone conversation, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emphasized to the Damascus-based Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mash'al the continuation of the Palestinian resistance against Israel to reach victory. Ahmadinejad said that the Palestinians would overcome Israel if they keep on resistance. He then reiterated that Tehran would continue support for the troubled nation, saying that Iranians would always stand behind Palestinians. Mash'al, for his part, said that the Zionists were trying to make Gazans choose surrendering through mounting attacks against them, but that the people will never yield and will finally overcome Zionists. He also expressed his appreciation for Iranian aid to the Palestinians.
Source: ISNA, Iran, December 29, 2008
*NEW ON MEMRI TV: Iranian Toddlers Are Taught about Martyrdom and the Hatred of Zionists against the Backdrop of the Gaza Fighting
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12530.htm
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*Iranian Reactions to Gaza Events
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12508.htm
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the International War Crimes Court to file charges against the Israeli leaders, who are "war criminals and murderers," for their crimes in Gaza, and to send a warrant for their arrest via Interpol. It was decided that the Iranian Foreign Ministry will appeal to the International War Crimes Court on this matter, that Iranian legal experts will prepare the indictment, and that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will contact world leaders to discuss the issue.
Source: IRNA (Iran), December 29, 2008
The Iranian website Raja News, affiliated with supporters of Ahmadinejad, called on the Muslim countries to take advantage of the fact that Israel is surrounded by Arab countries, which makes it possible to destroy it with ease. IRGC official Abdollah Eraghi stated that many members of the Basij have volunteered to liberate Jerusalem. The IRGC weekly Sobh-e Sadeq advised the Palestinians to carry out martyrdom operations, since they would be sore blows to Israel and the international community would receive them with understanding. In Iranian universities, volunteers registered to carry out suicide operations against Israel (271 students registered in Amir Kabir University in Tehran).
Sources: Raja News, Fars, Sobh-e Sadeq, website of the Association of Combatant Clerics (Iran), December 29, 2008
Khamenei's chief security advisor Yahya Rahim Safavi accused the Arab countries of complicity in "the Zionist-American conspiracy against the Palestinians in Gaza," calling to close the Israeli embassies in Muslim countries and to boycott Israeli and American products. Ali Saidi, Khamenei's representative in the IRGC, accused Egypt and Saudi Arabia of collaborating with the Israeli plot, and the IRGC weekly Sobh-e Sadeq likewise accused Egypt of exploiting its position vis-à-vis the Palestinians in order to humiliate them and curry favor with Israel and the U.S.
Sources: Fars, Kayhan, Sobh-e Sadeq (Iran), December 29, 2008
*Calls in Iran to Declare War on Israel
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/12454.htm
The head of Iran's parliamentary national security committee, Alaeddin Boroujerdi stated that Israel's present actions were like Hitler's actions in Second World War, and that Israel would therefore share his fate. Iranian MP Ali Motahari called on the Muslim countries to declare war on Israel with the aim of destroying it. Ali Akbar Mohtashemi-Pour, secretary-general of the Iranian International Committee for the Support of the Palestinian Intifada, said that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been informed of the attack in advance by Israeli FM Tzipi Livni. He stressed that the Muslim nations were ready to perform acts of self-sacrifice for the sake of the Palestinians, but that their leaders, "agents of the Americans," prevented them from doing so. The Iranian Basij announced that it was willing to aid the Palestinians by forming the "Army of the Islamic World," and accused some Arab leaders of treason and of collaborating with Israel in the attack on Gaza. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared Monday (December 29, 2008) a day of mourning over the events in Gaza.
Sources: IRNA, Fars, Mehr, Tabnak (Iran), December 27-28, 2008
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*Ex-Brigadier of Pakistan Army: If Palestine Had Nukes...
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/12523.htm
"If Palestine had nukes, Israel would have never attacked it," Junaid Zaman, a retired Brigadier of Pakistan Army, writes in a Pakistani blog.
His blog reads: "Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is pleading like a lost lamb with the international fraternity and asking for mercy, while Israeli air strikes continue to kill at will ruthlessly."
“Nukes, missiles, atomic warheads and a strong army with tough stance are what are required in the face of enemy like Israel and India," the former army officer writes.
Commenting on the Indian response after the Mumbai attacks, he asked: "Why is India taking so long to attack Pakistan and why is India talking about possible surgical attacks and not about full blown war?"
His own answer: "Just because of our nuclear assets, missile technology, strong army, and solid ISI."
Source: www.pakspectator.com, Pakistan, December 29, 2008
*Cleric: The Fatwa To Kill Jews Everywhere Is Against The Spirit Of Islam
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/12566.htm
Mufti Munibur Rahman, the head of Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat Pakistan, has described as against the spirit of Islam a fatwa that called for killing Jews everywhere and targeting their assets. Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle Sunnat Pakistan is an organization of Sunni madrassas in Pakistan. Rahman added that the Israeli attacks on Gaza are not merely condemnable but also a cause for worldwide anger against Israel.
Following the Israeli attacks on Gaza, a Saudi cleric had called for Jews to be killed everywhere. Rahman however noted: "The declaration of a fatwa that Jews be attacked once you see them is against the spirit of the Koran and the Sunnah [the deeds and sayings of Prophet Muhammad].... because... [the Jews] are the people of the book and issues involving them are different when compared with other infidels."
Rahman added further: "The root of the conflict is Zionism, not Judaism. Zionism is an extremism that is out to destroy Muslims and followers of other religions in order to protect the Jewish interests..."
Source: Roznama Jang, Pakistan, December 31, 2008
*Afghan Taliban: Israeli Attacks On Gaza Brutal
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/12538.htm
The Taliban in Afghanistan have condemned the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, describing them as "brutal."
Qari Mohammad Yousuf, the spokesman of the Taliban in Afghanistan, accused Israel of carrying out "brutal attacks" in Gaza. Yousuf asked the governments of Islamic countries to talk to the United States to pressurize Israel to stop the attacks on the Palestinians.
He added that it is the responsibility of Islamic nations to use their influence and stop "brutality."
Source: Wrazpanra Wahdat, Pakistan, December 30, 2008
*Indonesian Group To Recruit Fighters For Gaza
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/12527.htm
An Islamic militant organization in Indonesia has announced that it will recruit 1,000 volunteers to fight against Israel in the Gaza Strip. Ahmad Soebri Lubis, the Secretary General of the Islamic Defenders' Front, added that the prospective fighters should be in good physical condition, have a strong faith in Islam and be ready to die. "They will be provided with a one-way ticket until we defeat Israel,’" he said, adding that the group has sent volunteers to Iraq and to Afghanistan in the past.
Source: Roznama Etemaad, India, December 30, 2008
*Lord Nazir Ahmad: Muslim Nations Should Boycott Israel
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/12483.htm
Lord Nazir Ahmad, a member of the British House of Lords, has told journalists in Islamabad that the Muslim nations should launch a diplomatic boycott of Israel in the wake of the missile attacks in Gaza. Lord Ahmad also urged the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference to convene an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza. The visiting British leader, who belongs to Kashmir, added: "Israel and India are jointly massacring the innocent Muslims in Palestine and the occupied Kashmir." He also said that the Mumbai attacks were carried out to divert the international community’s attention from the Kashmir issue.
Source: Roznama Express, Pakistan, December 29, 2008
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