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The following are reports published today, from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch series, the MEMRI TV Project and the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project.

• Jordanian Daily: The Struggle with Israel Is Existential, Not Territorial
• Former Egyptian Wafd Party Leader No'man Gum'a Calls for Reexamination of Camp David Accords, Normalization of Ties with Iran, Hizbullah, and Hamas
• Sudanese Preacher Sheik Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri: The Jews Made Usury the Basis of Banking, 4,000 Jews Were Absent from Work at the WTC on 9/11
• Senior Jaysh Al-Islam Operative: Salafi-Jihadi Groups in Gaza Have 11,000 Members

Special Dispatch No. 3936– Palestinians/Jordan

Jordanian Daily: The Struggle with Israel Is Existential, Not Territorial

A June 5, 2011 op-ed in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustour marking the 44th "Naksa Day," the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1967 war, claimed that four decades later, it was clearer than ever that the struggle with Israel was existential in nature rather than territorial. The article called on the Arabs to join forces and stand up to the genocidal Zionist enterprise which posed a threat to the entire Arab ummah.

Following are excerpts of the article:

"On the 44th anniversary of the oppressive Zionist aggression against the [Arab] ummah on June 5, 1967, the repercussions of this tragedy are still clearly evident in the Arab world, in the form of the occupation of all of Palestine, from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Jordan] River, [in the occupation] of the Golan and the Shab'a Farms, and in the fact that Sinai remains a demilitarized zone in accordance with the Camp David Accords.

"Looking over the reasons that led to the tragedy of June [1967], one finds that [the same reasons] still exist. The Arab states, from the ocean to the Gulf, have not learned the lessons of the Naksa, and have not taken the measures or [invested in] the tools which can [move] them from the chessboard square of failure to the chessboard square of victory. Indeed, the hidden disputes among some of the [Arab] countries remain as they were [then]. What is more, they have multiplied, and the policy of hostility and alienation is worse now than it was in the past. The [state of] helplessness [the Arab countries] have reached over the past four decades is proof of the same."

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5394.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 3935—Egypt/ U.S. and the Arab and Muslim World/Hizbullah/Hamas

Former Egyptian Wafd Party Leader No'man Gum'a Calls for Reexamination of Camp David Accords, Normalization of Ties with Iran, Hizbullah, and Hamas

Following are excerpts from an interview with No'man Gum'a, former Egyptian Wafd Party leader. The interview aired on ON TV on February 23, 2011:

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2982.htm.

No'man Gum'a: "There is no war between Iran and us. Why should we be hostile to Iran? I'm not saying we should form a coalition with it, but why be hostile to it? How come we have an Embassy of Israel?"

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5393.htm.

MEMRI TV Clip No. 2983 - Sudanese Preacher Sheikh Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri: The Jews Made Usury the Basis of Banking, 4,000 Jews Were Absent from Work at the WTC on 9/11

Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon by Sheikh Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri, which aired on Sudan TV on June 3, 2011:

Abd Al-Jalil Al-Karouri: "The Jews are the ones who made usury the basis of bank transactions. The Westerners adhered to Christianity, which forbade usury. In order to seize capital for building Israel, the Jews established these centers."

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2983.htm.

Special Dispatch No. 3934—Palestinians/Al-Qaeda/Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor

Senior Jaysh Al-Islam Operative: Salafi-Jihadi Groups in Gaza Have 11,000 Members

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On June 3, 2011, the Egyptian daily Al-Masri Al-Yawm published an interview with Abu Al-Baraa, who presented himself as a senior operative in the Salafi-jihadi movement in Gaza. The paper described him as one of the founders of the Salafi-jihadi group Jaysh Al-Islam, which is affiliated with the global jihad movement and associated with the Gazan Dughmush clan.

In the interview, Abu Al-Baraa took pains to glorify himself and his group by creating an aura of secrecy and mystery around the Salafis and their actions. For instance, according to the daily, he played a recording of an Israeli Mossad agent making telephone threats to assassinate him.

Claiming to speak on behalf of all the Salafi militias in Gaza, Abu Al-Baraa stated that these groups have some 11,000 members (in contrast to Hamas's claim that they have no more than several hundred). It should be noted that this estimate is not corroborated by any non-Salafi source. Abu Al-Baraa also claimed that there is a body coordinating all the Salafi groups in Gaza; this claim too is uncorroborated. Abu Al-Baraa implied that during periods of escalation in the conflict with Israel, Jaysh Al-Islam is given permission to attack Israeli targets.

As for the relations between the Salafi-jihadi groups and Al-Qaeda, Abu Al-Baraa stressed that the Gazan Salafis have ideological ties with Al-Qaeda but no organizational ties, and also emphasized that the Gazan groups focus on the local conflict with Israel, rather than on global jihad.

To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5392.htm.

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