Een korte blik in de Palestijnse schoolboeken

 

Vaak wordt ontkend dat de Palestijnse schoolboeken opruiend zouden zijn, of beweerd dat dit alleen oude Jordaanse of Egyptische schoolboeken betreft die in de jaren '90 door betere werden vervangen. De PA schoolboeken die op internet staan moeten echter redelijk recent zijn.

 

Wouter

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A quick independent look at Palestinian Arab textbooks

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:00 AM PST

Many of the official Palestinian Authority textbooks are online, and the books available for download.

So you don't have to be a university researcher to see what they say - you just need someone to translate them.

I asked good friend of EoZ, Al Gharqad, to do a quick survey of these materials and see if there is anything that might raise an eyebrow among normal, liberal Westerners. Here's what he found within only a couple of hours:

 

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Second grade of primary school (7-8 years old kids), "National Education"

Page 10, line 3: Har Meron ("Jabal Al-Jarmaq") listed as one of the most famous mountains of "Palestine".

Page 25, bottom box: "Let's colour the Negev desert on the map of Palestine"

Tourism: lists "Palestinian" tourist sites, such as Caesarea, Haifa and Acco (p. 61) and Tzfat (p. 62).

Fifth grade (10-11 year old kids), "National Education"

p. 30: "The Palestinian people trace their origin back to the Cana'anites who emigrated to Palestine from the Arabian Peninsula around 3,500 BC."

Ninth grade (15 year old kids), "Modern Arab History"

p. 54: "The European Imperialist powers began to spread the Zionist thought among the Jews themselves in order to hasten the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine, because of their common interests with the Jews on the one hand, and in order to get rid of them (of the Jews) and remove them from their countries on the other hand."

p. 56 ("Palestine after WW2"):

"Zionism transferred its base from the UK to the USA and chose the city of New York as its center because there was a large Jewish community there, and because many media and economic organs in the USA are in the hands of the Zionist movement."

p. 57 ("The Second Intifada – the Al-Aqsa Intifada"):

"(The Initifada) broke out in September 2000, for many reasons, among them: the failure of the Second Camp David Summit which was convened by USA President Bill Clinton between the Palestinian National Authority and Israel in order to outline the parameters of the permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, Israel's foot-dragging in carrying out the agreements it signed with the Palestinian leadership, and its attempt to establish facts on the ground through Zionist settlements in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip. The immediate reason for (the Intifada) was the entrance of Sharon, the leader of the Likud party, to the gardens of the Al-Aqsa mosque."

Modern World History for 10^th grade (16 year olds)

p. 53, listed among the aims of Zionism:

"(For Israel to) Possess all the elements of economic and military power which enable it to defend itself, as well as attack, and offering services to the imperialist countries."

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Palestinian Media Watch did a more comprehensive analysis in 2007, with lots more examples. But the things found here took essentially no time to find - it is endemic throughout the curricula.

 

 

Palestijnse tv eert moordenaars van 100 Israelische burgers

 

Het is natuurlijk geen nieuws maar toch weer schokkend om te lezen. Het officiële TV station van de 'gematigde' PA, die door het Westen vet wordt gesubsidieerd en als het redelijke alternatief voor Hamas beschouwd, eert de masterminds achter de meest bloedige aanslagen in Israel.

Text on screen tells viewers that the video is "dedicated to our brave prisoners" by the performing Alashekeen band. - A band that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in 2010 by "presidential decision" turned into a "national institution."
Part of a speech by Mahmoud Abbas is incorporated in the music video: "We will not rest until all [prisoners] are freed, and the prisons are emptied."

The "brave prisoners" appearing in the video are:
Ibrahim Hamed - serving 54 life sentences for planning suicide bombings, including at Hebrew University (9 killed), Cafe Moment (12 killed), Cafe Hillel (7 killed), Zion Square in Jerusalem (11 killed).
Abbas Al-Sayid - serving 35 life sentences for planning the suicide bombing at the Jewish Passover Seder in Netanya in 2002, in which 30 Israelis were killed. He was also responsible for a suicide bombing in Netanya in 2001 in which 5 were killed.

Hoe kan er ooit vrede komen wanneer Palestijnse kinderen leren dat dit helden zijn en dat het doden van Joden een goede zaak is?

 

RP

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PA TV honors killers of over 100 civilians:

"Our brave prisoners"

http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=8525

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

Twice last week official Palestinian Authority TV broadcast a music video honoring several terrorist murderers, including Ibrahim Hamed who is serving 54 life sentences for planning many suicide bombings in Jerusalem, killing dozens and Abbas Al-Sayid who is serving 35 life sentences for planning the suicide bombing at the Jewish Passover Seder in Netanya in 2002, in which 30 Israelis were killed. The terrorists who were honored killed more than 100 civilians.

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Text on screen tells viewers that the video is "dedicated to our brave prisoners" by the performing Alashekeen band. - A band that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in 2010 by "presidential decision" turned into a "national institution."

Part of a speech by Mahmoud Abbas is incorporated in the music video: "We will not rest until all [prisoners] are freed, and the prisons are emptied."

The "brave prisoners" appearing in the video are:

Ibrahim Hamed - serving 54 life sentences for planning suicide bombings, including at Hebrew University (9 killed), Cafe Moment (12 killed), Cafe Hillel (7 killed), Zion Square in Jerusalem (11 killed).

Abbas Al-Sayid - serving 35 life sentences for planning the suicide bombing at the Jewish Passover Seder in Netanya in 2002, in which 30 Israelis were killed. He was also responsible for a suicide bombing in Netanya in 2001 in which 5 were killed.

Nasser Awais - serving 14 life sentences for planning terror attacks in which 13 civilians were killed, including an attack at a private Bat-Mitzva celebration and the killing of a baby in 2002.

Marwan Barghouti - serving 5 life sentences for planning terror attacks.

Yasser Abu Bakr - responsible for killing two in terror attack in Netanya in 2002.

Ahmad Sa'adat - serving 30 years for heading the terrorist organization PFLP. Was honored by the PFLP during a televised ceremony for planning the assassination of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze'evi in 2001, but has not been tried for that crime.

Fuad Al-Shubaki - serving 20 years for involvement in the Karine A Affair in 2002, in which 50 tons of illegal weapons were found aboard a Palestinian ship. 

Abbas expressed his wish to see these terrorists released in 2011, following Israel's release of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held hostage by Hamas for more than 5 years:

"The enforced absence which was imposed on you [the released prisoners] was because you are people of struggle and Jihad fighters for Allah and the homeland... Your sacrifice and your efforts and your actions were not in vain. You acted and struggled and sacrificed... We now see some of the most prominent among them [the released] and the rest, Allah willing, will be [freed] soon, very soon. Allah willing, soon we we will see here brother Marwan Barghouti, brother Ahmad Sa'adat, Ibrahim Hamed, and Abbas Al-Sayid."

[PA TV (Fatah), Oct. 18, 2011]

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PMW documents the glorification of terrorists in the PA.

The following are the words of the PA TV music video honoring terrorists as "our brave prisoners":

Text on screen: "Dedicated by the Alashekeen band to our brave prisoners."

Clip of Mahmoud Abbas speech: "We will not rest until all [prisoners] are freed, and the prisons are emptied."

Lyrics of song: "We are pledged to the promise and the revolution. Our hearts are full of faith."

Pictures of the terrorists mentioned above are shown on screen.

Note: This video originally aired on May 7, 2012 and was rebroadcast 11 times in 2012 and twice on Jan. 30, 2013.

 

Hamas jeugdorganisatie in Gazastrook bereidt voor op Jihad tegen Israel

 

Hamas bereidt de kleintjes al vroeg voor op de heilige strijd voor de bevrijding van Palestina. De tientallen jeugdkampen waar dit gebeurt heten Al-Futuwwa.

According to Wikipedia, Al-Futuwwa was the name of the Hitler-Jugend [Hitler Youth] style of pan-Arab fascistic and nationalistic youth movement that existed in Iraq in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1938, the Al-Futuwwa youth organization sent a delegate to the Nuremberg Nazi party rally, and in turn hosted the Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach. In 1941, the fascistic pan-Arab Al-Muthanna Club and its Al-Futuwwa movement participated in the Farhud attack on Baghdad's Jewish community.

Last week, during a graduation ceremony for thousands of school children, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared that his movement was planning to establish a military academy for training and educating seventh and ninth graders. The goal, he said, is to prepare Palestinian children for jihad against the "Zionist entity."

Addressing the cadets, Haniyeh declared: "You are the future leaders. You will march your people toward freedom and dignity. The Al-Futuwwa will end in victory and the liberation of all Palestine, "from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea."

Verwacht dit niet in uw krant te lezen of er een reportage over op het NOS journaal te zien. Daar vertelt men liever dat Hamas pragmatisch is, en dat men met zoveel woorden heeft gezegd een tweestatenoplossing te zullen accepteren in een nieuwe eenheidsregering met Fatah.

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Palestinians' Nazi-Style Youth Movement Prepares for Jihad

by Khaled Abu Toameh
February 1, 2013 at 4:30 am

 

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3569/palestinian-youth-movement-jihad

More disturbing is that only a few of the dozens of Western-funded human rights organizations that operate in the Gaza Strip have raised their voice against Hamas's abuse of children. Even the United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF], which was created to work for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, has yet to condemn Hamas for recruiting school children to its military apparatus.

Thousands of Palestinian schoolchildren have been receiving military training in the Gaza Strip to prepare them for jihad against Israel.

According to Mohamed Siam, a senior official with the Hamas-run ministry, some 9,000 high school children have already joined 36 camps throughout the Gaza Strip and are being taught how to use various types of weapons and handle explosives.

Hamas says that the purpose of the camps is to prepare Palestinian children, both militarily and psychologically, for the "liberation of Palestine, from the Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea," in other words, all of Israel.

How can anyone talk about the two-state solution when thousands of Palestinian children are being trained to use weapons and explosives to replace Israel with an Islamic state? Does Mahmoud Abbas really believe that these schoolchildren will ever accept his strategy of peace with Israel? These are questions the West needs to ask itself before once again pressing for a two-state solution.

The training is being held under the supervision of the Hamas government's Ministry of Education, and the training camps have been named Al-Futuwwa [spiritual chivalry].

According to Wikipedia, Al-Futuwwa was the name of the Hitler-Jugend [Hitler Youth] style of pan-Arab fascistic and nationalistic youth movement that existed in Iraq in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1938, the Al-Futuwwa youth organization sent a delegate to the Nuremberg Nazi party rally, and in turn hosted the Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach. In 1941, the fascistic pan-Arab Al-Muthanna Club and its Al-Futuwwa movement participated in the Farhud attack on Baghdad's Jewish community.

Last week, during a graduation ceremony for thousands of school children, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declared that his movement was planning to establish a military academy for training and educating seventh and ninth graders. The goal, he said, is to prepare Palestinian children for jihad against the "Zionist entity."

Addressing the cadets, Haniyeh declared: "You are the future leaders. You will march your people toward freedom and dignity. The Al-Futuwwa will end in victory and the liberation of all Palestine, "from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea."

Not surprisingly, parents in the Gaza Strip have not protested against this form of child abuse. Many parents, in fact, seem to like the idea that their children are being trained how to handle explosives and various types of weapons.

More disturbing is that only a few of the dozens of Western-funded human rights organizations that operate in the Gaza Strip have raised their voices against Hamas's abuse of children. Even the United Nations Children's Fund [UNICEF], which was created to work for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, has yet to condemn Hamas for recruiting school children to its military apparatus.

Many of Hamas's children will undoubtedly be sent to the battlefront during the next round of fighting with Israel. Some will also be dispatched on suicide missions against the "Zionist enemy," while others will be provided with assault rifles and rockets to be used against Israeli targets.

By poisoning the hearts and minds of schoolchildren, Hamas is raising an entire generation of Palestinians on glorification of suicide bombers, jihad and terrorism.

And this is happening at a time when some governments and leaders in the West are talking about the need to revive the peace process between the Palestinians and Israel — and at a time when the Palestinian Authority is making efforts to achieve unity with Hamas.

These are questions that Abbas needs to ask himself as he continues to seek unity with Hamas; and that the West might do well to ask itself, too.

 

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Wie zitten erachter de boycot..

Bekijk hier een goede uitleg van Stand with Us over een van de organisaties achter de boycot acties, de BDS.

Zie ook deze video.

Koop JUIST Israelische producten! BUYcott Israel!

 

Israelische aanval in Syrië gericht op wapenkonvooi

 

Israel heeft waarschijnlijk toch alleen het wapentransport op weg naar Hezbollah gebombardeerd, en de schade aan het complex waar ook chemische wapens liggen zou min of meer toevallig zijn. Dat beweert althans een Amerikaanse deskundige, na beelden te hebben gezien van de door Israel getroffen doelwitten, die door Syrië waren vrijgegeven.

A senior American military official asserted that it was unlikely that Israel had deliberately targeted the research center, which has been hit by extensive Western sanctions; rather, he said, the Israeli attack included "a small strike package" — a limited number of aircraft, due to Syria's air defense systems — and would thus not "risk doing just a little damage to either" targets by deliberately attacking both.

 

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Israeli raid in Syria reportedly damaged research site

 

US officials believe alleged strike aimed primarily at SA-17 shipment, but also hit Assad's main chemical and biological weapons center, NYTimes reports

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-strike-into-syria-said-to-damage-research-site/

 

By Times of Israel staff

February 4, 2013, 12:58 am Updated: February 4, 2013, 8:26 am

 

An image, released by the Syrian government, of what appears to be a chemical and biological weapons research facility, which US officials say may have been damaged in an alleged Israeli airstrike last week (photo credit: YouTube)

 

In allegedly targeting a Lebanon-bound convoy carrying advanced anti-aircraft weaponry last week, Israel may have inadvertently hit Syria's central research center for developing chemical and biological weapons, US intelligence officials told The New York Times in a report published late Sunday.

Video released by the Syrians, which purported to show damage from the airstrike, included shots of what appeared to be a burnt-out anti-aircraft battery — experts quoted by the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth Monday said it appeared to a Soviet-made SA-8 system — but also footage of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center complex, the report said.

A senior American military official asserted that it was unlikely that Israel had deliberately targeted the research center, which has been hit by extensive Western sanctions; rather, he said, the Israeli attack included "a small strike package" — a limited number of aircraft, due to Syria's air defense systems — and would thus not "risk doing just a little damage to either" targets by deliberately attacking both.

"They clearly went after the air defense weapons on the transport trucks," he was quoted as saying.

In the wake of the alleged attack northwest of Damascus, not far from the border with Lebanon, US officials indicated that the target was Russian-made SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles, which Syria was in the process of delivering to the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, in contravention of UN resolutions and explicit agreements between President Bashar Assad and the Kremlin.

Syria, however, maintained that Israel had bombed a "scientific research center," and on Saturday released footage purporting to show the damaged facility.

Reports in various media, including Time magazine, indicated that Israel could have carried out multiple attacks — on the anti-aircraft weapons and on the research center.

On Sunday, Israel appeared to acknowledge for the first time that it had launched an attack, with Defense Minister Ehud Barak indicating that the main target indeed was a shipment of advanced weaponry headed for Hezbollah.

"What happened in Syria several days ago… that's proof that when we say something we mean it," he said at a security conference in Munich. "We say that we don't think [Syria] should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into Lebanon."

Assad responded to last week's alleged Israeli strike for the first time on Sunday while speaking with Iranian envoy Saeed Jalili in Damascus. He alleged that the attack "exposes the true role conducted by Israel" in aiding the "external forces hostile [to Syria]" that he claims are behind the move to oust him from power. His country has been engaged in a bloody civil war for the past nearly two years in which 60,000 Syrians have been killed.

 

 

Vaak wordt beweerd dat Iran Israel helemaal niet van de kaart wil vegen, en daartoe niet heeft opgeroepen. Het is een vreedzaam land dat nooit andere landen is binnengevallen. Dat is onjuist, en net als bij de mythe dat Hamas eigenlijk best gematigd is en Israel wel wil erkennen, blijft Iran zelf dingen roepen die het tegendeel aantonen en blijven westerse, vooral progressieve, deskundologen beweren dat Iran, en Hamas eigenlijk niets liever willen dan vrede met Israel. Hieronder nog maar eens een paar van die vreedzame uitspraken van Iraanse leiders.

 

RP

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http://www.cip.nl/artikel/33593/Iran-woedend-na-aanval%3b-legers-in-alarmfase-gebracht

Iran woedend na aanval; legers in alarmfase gebracht

gepubliceerd maandag 4 februari 2013 09:55 bron: Israël Today | Klik hier voor meer nieuws

 

 

Iraanse functionarissen hebben dit weekeinde zeer openlijk en zeer duidelijk gezworen om Israël te verpletteren, enkele dagen nadat de Joodse Staat blijkbaar een luchtaanval had uitgevoerd op een wapenkonvooi dat geavanceerde Syrische luchtdoelraketten naar de Libanese militie Hezbollah vervoerde, schrijft Israël Today. 

Israël heeft vrijdag indirect toegegeven de luchtaanval op de SA-17 raketten te hebben uitgevoerd. Hezbollah spant zich in om de hand te leggen op Syrisch wapentuig en mogelijk chemische wapens, nu het regime van dictator Bashar Assad wankelt. De nieuwslezers op Israël's Channel 2 News zeiden dat ze niet alles konden onthullen wat ze weten over de aanval, maar lieten duidelijk doorschemeren dat berichten dat Israël de aanval uitvoerde, juist zijn.

Ari Larijani, de voorzitter van het Iraanse parlement, zei zondag dat Israël spijt zou krijgen van deze daad en dat de Joodse Staat spoedig zal lijden onder de gevolgen van zijn daden. Een dag eerder zei de leider van het Iraanse leger, generaal Masoud Jazayeri, dat het Iraanse antwoord op de Israëlische aanval, "het [zionistische] regime in een coma zal brengen."

Intussen heeft de vertrekkende Amerikaanse minister van Defensie Leon Panetta vrijdag tegen persbureau AFP gezegd, dat Washington de beslissing van Israël om het wapenkonvooi aan te vallen "volledig steunt". "De chaos in Syrië heeft duidelijk een situatie geschapen waarin de mogelijkheid dat deze wapens, je weet wel, over de grens worden gebracht en in handen vallen van Hezbollah een ernstige zorg is geworden," zei Panetta.

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http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6971.htm

Iran Calls For Third Intifada At Conference Honoring Gaza

In September 2009, several months after the 2008-2009 Gaza war, the Iranian Majlis designated January 18 as "Gaza the Symbol of Resistance Day" (or "Gaza Day").[1] This year, Iran marked Gaza Day with an international conference titled "Gaza – The Symbol of Palestinian Resistance," aimed at "commemorating the resistance of the Palestinian people, and especially the people of Gaza, against the Israeli aggression."[2] The two-day conference, held on January 17-18, was attended by senior Iranian officials, including Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, who described Israel as "a Zionist plague that arrived in the Middle East," and his advisor Hossein Sheikh Al-Islam, who called to launch a third Intifada in the West Bank. In a press conference on January 14, a few days before the event, Hossein Sheikh Al-Islam stated proudly that the Palestinians' victory in the "Eight Day War" (November 2012) had been achieved by means of "Iranian missiles that fell on Tel Aviv and an Iranian drone that flew over the occupied territories gathering intelligence." He added that "today, more than ever, Israel's annihilation is becoming more tangible."[3] The conference was also attended by Palestinian representatives, including a representative of the Islamic Jihad organization in Iran, Abu Sharif, who called on all Islamic countries to emulate Iran and aid the war on Israel by lending "spiritual, political, and military support, as Iran has done."[4] The conference also provided a platform for anti-Zionist figures such as French film director Francesco Condemi, who accused the Zionists of "destroying the family and the community in the West." The following are excerpts from the main speeches given at the conference, and statements made by two prominent regime clerics on the occasion of Gaza Day. Iranian officials at the 'Gaza – Symbol of Palestinian Resistance' conference[5] Ali Larijani: Israel – A Zionist Plague In The Middle East Ali Larijani said in his speech at the conference: "The Palestinian people is a fighting people that has gone through several phases since the Zionist plague appeared in the Middle East. First, Palestine saw a period of glory. At the time, we [Iranians] were trapped [under the rule of] the 'American regime' [i.e., the regime of Shah Pahlavi], but the heart of our nation was with Palestine... Next, Palestine witnessed a period of decline lasting some four decades. After several wars ended in defeat, the Arab countries lost their hope for victory and began to seek a settlement [with Israel]... In this period... nobody helped the Palestinians. "But after the [Islamic] Revolution [in Iran], the atmosphere changed, thanks to the Imam [Khomeini]... and the Palestinian cause came back to life..." Larijani went on to describe the "victories" of the resistance camp in the "33-Day War" (the Israel-Hizbullah war of 2006) and the "22-Day War" (Israel's 2008-2009 operation in Gaza), saying: "The new era [we see today] is marked by the revival of the resistance and struggle [to liberate] Palestine... Hizbullah, Hamas, and [Islamic] Jihad are considered the most influential forces in the Middle East, thanks to their fighting spirit."[6] Larijani's Advisor Hossein Sheikh Al-Islam Calls For Third Intifada Larijani's advisor Hossein Sheikh Al-Islam said at the conference: "In the 1897 [Zionist] Congress in Basel, the forces of arrogance presented a proposal aimed at preserving their power, namely to occupy Palestine illegally and expand it [into an entity reaching] from the Nile to the Euphrates... After the victory of the [1979] Islamic Revolution... Iran declared its support for the oppressed Palestinian people. The Lebanese Hizbullah is likewise among the supporters of Palestine and of the resistance camp, and its charter declares that its first duty is to destroy the Zionist regime. [Hizbullah] has announced that, even if everybody [else in the world] were to accept an agreement with the Zionist regime, it would not be [party to] this agreement and would [continue to] threaten the security of this regime. "Following the [November 2012] victory in Gaza, the next piece of ground [to see victory] will be the West Bank... The dear Palestinians must activate the resistance axis in the West Bank. The unity [between Fatah and Hamas] will soon bear fruit, and, after the West Bank, it will be the turn of the territories that were occupied in 1948, and then all the territories of Palestine."[7] Iranian Official: The Zionist Regime Is "A Cancerous Growth That Must Be Destroyed" Mohammad Hassan Rahimian, Khamenei's representative at the Martyrs' Foundation, said: "From the very first day... [the Ayatollah] Khomeini spoke of the danger [posed by] the Zionist regime, and regarded the Shah's crimes as connected to this regime. Imam Khomeini said that the Zionist regime must disappear... Palestine will be free – that is beyond any doubt – and the occupied territories will be restored to the [Palestinian] people... "Zionism, which arrived in Palestine, became a cancerous growth that must now be destroyed... Our national raison de etre is the defense of the Palestinian people and the struggle against Israel. For the Jews, it is not enough to destroy the Islamic Republic of Iran. They want to destroy Islam [as a whole]. The Zionist regime has decreased in power, and even [Henry] Kissinger has predicted that this evil regime will vanish within the next decade.[8] Anti-Zionist Film Director: The Zionist Regime Destroys The Community And Family In The West The conference also provided a platform for French anti-Zionist film director Francesco Condemi, who said: "I cannot take up arms and fight the Zionist regime, but I do fight it in my own domain, in the West... Just as the Zionist regime destroys the Palestinian state and nation in the Middle East, it also destroys our communities and families in the West... The Zionist regime knows that, if it launches a new war against some country, especially against Iran, it will be defeated, and that day will see the demise of this evil regime... "The Zionist regime purchased part of the French [automobile] company Peugeot, and asked it to sever its ties with Iran, which caused thousands of Frenchmen to become unemployed... Many of the French media networks are [likewise] controlled by the Zionist regime, and they prohibit [their staff] from reporting on France's freezing of Iranian funds... Many Western media outlets, especially in France, are under Zionist control, but [these media] are gradually losing their credibility among the public."[9] Friday Prayer Leader Zia Al-Din Hashemi Calls To "Pray For The Destruction Of The Zionist Regime" Friday prayer leader Khujat Al-Islam Zia Al-Din Hashemi said in his sermon on Gaza Day that "all Muslims must honor this day by expressing sympathy for the oppressed people of Palestine and by praying for the destruction of the Zionist regime."[10] Friday Prayer Leader Mohsen Zadeh: As Long As Zionism Exists, The World Will Not Know Peace Friday prayer leader in Khayrabad Khujat Al-Islam Ja'far Mohsen Zadeh told the Fars news agency: "Gaza Day marks the resistance and steadfastness of the Palestinian people... The Zionist ideology, [which attempts to] designate holy Jerusalem as the capital of the occupiers, reflects the racist [character] of this phony regime, which, since arriving in Palestine, has attempted to change the outward character and the geography of Jerusalem. That is why it is building settlements [in the Jerusalem area]. "The Zionists wish to lend their malicious actions a religious guise, when [the fact is that] there is no connection whatsoever between Israel's racist regime and the [religious] mantle of Judaism. [The Zionist regime] wishes to realize its evil and dangerous political ideas by using Judaism and its laws. Until Zionism is destroyed, there will be no peace and quiet in the world."[11] Endnotes: [1] Farsnews.com, September 8, 2009. [2] Presstv.ir, January 18, 2013. [3] Khayannews.ir, January 15, 2012. [4] Presstv.ir, January 18, 2012. [5] Mehr (Iran), January 17, 2012. [6] Farsnews.com, January 17, 2012. [7] Nasimonline.ir, January 17, 2013. [8] Yjc.ir, January 17, 2013. [9] Yjc.ir, January 17, 2012. [10] Farsnews.com, January 18, 2013. [11] Farsnews.com, January 17, 2013.