Iran - konferanse for en ny intifada

En uke etter Mah­moud Abbas’ opp­tre­den i FN, holdt Iran en stor kon­fe­ranse om “fri­gjø­ring av hele Pale­stina”. Iran går mot en tostats­løs­ning og forhandlinger.

De som støt­ter en stat på Vest­bred­den bør tenke over at den kan bli spring­brett for et Iran som ønsker å bruke den pale­stinske saken til å mobi­li­sere til jihad, ikke bare mot Israel og jøder, men også USA og Ves­ten som sådan.

Mem­bers of the Uni­ted Nations Security Coun­cil and Gene­ral Assem­bly should take into con­si­de­ra­tion the high pro­ba­bi­lity that Iran and its prox­ies might one day take con­trol over the future Pale­sti­nian state -- unless the inter­na­tio­nal com­mu­nity wakes up and starts taking more seriously the threats coming from Tehran.

One week after Pale­sti­nian Aut­hority Pre­si­dent Mah­moud Abbas sub­mit­ted an appli­ca­tion for mem­ber­ship of a Pale­sti­nian state in the UN, Iran’s lea­ders hosted a five-day con­fe­rence in Teh­ran to call for the “libe­ra­tion of all of Pale­stine” through an armed struggle.

The annual con­fe­rence ser­ves as a remin­der why Abbas’s state­hood bid will not end the Israeli-Arab conflict.

Iran and its allies in the Arab and Isla­mic countries are deter­mined, more than ever, to thwart any attempt to reach a peace­ful sett­le­ment between the Pale­sti­nian Aut­hority and Israel.

By cal­ling for a new inti­fada against Israel, they are hoping to ignite a jihad [holy war] not only against the Jewish state, but also against the Western countries that sup­port it -- first and fore­most the US.

Unlike the recent UN Gene­ral Assem­bly meeting in New York, the Teh­ran con­fe­rence did not rece­ive much cover­age in the Western media. This is why many Western­ers are una­ware of the fact that through such con­fe­ren­ces, the Ira­ni­ans are decla­ring jihad against Israel, the West and all those who do not share their radi­cal ideology.

Entit­led “Inter­na­tio­nal Con­fe­rence on Pale­sti­nian Inti­fada,” the Iranian-sponsored gat­he­ring was atten­ded by par­lia­men­tary dele­ga­tions from more than 70 countries and “scholars” from 100 countries.

As in pre­vious years, the con­fe­rence served as a plat­form for those who seek the destruc­tion of Israel. More­over, it served as a podium for strong condem­na­tions of Arabs and Mus­lims who believe in the two-state solu­tion and the peace process with Israel.

Ira­nian Pre­si­dent Mah­moud Ahma­dine­jad said in a speech before the con­fe­rence that the estab­lish­ment of Israel was the “most heinous his­to­ri­cal crime.”

Iran’s spi­ri­tual lea­der, Aya­tol­lah Kha­menei, rejected Abbas’s state­hood bid, say­ing any deal that accepts the exist­ence of Israel would leave a “can­ce­rous tumor” fore­ver that threa­tens the security of the Middle East.

He accu­sed Abbas and the Pale­sti­nian Aut­hority lea­dership of “suc­cum­bing to the demands of the Zio­nists to rec­og­nize the Zio­nist regime on Pale­sti­nian land.”

As the UN Security Coun­cil con­ti­nues to study Abbas’s appli­ca­tion for full mem­ber­ship in the UN, its mem­bers must also pay atten­tion to the voi­ces and mes­sa­ges coming out of Teh­ran. These are mes­sa­ges of hate and vio­lence that illust­rate the grave threats facing Israel and the Western democracies.

There is no under­es­ti­ma­ting the sig­ni­fi­cance of such mes­sa­ges, espec­ially given the fact that the con­fe­rence was atten­ded by repre­sen­ta­ti­ves of dozens of countries. The Pale­sti­nian Aut­hority and its sup­por­ters would never be able to hold such a big con­fe­rence: They would not find many people in the Arab and Isla­mic world who shared their views and were ready to accept Israel’s existence.

Iran’s Well-Attended “Inter­na­tio­nal Con­fe­rence on Pale­sti­nian Inti­fada“
by Kha­led Abu Toameh
Octo­ber 4, 2011 at 5:00 am

http://www.hudson-ny.org/2475/iran-conference-palestinian-intifada

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