by Khaled Abu Toameh
October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am
October 4, 2011 at 5:00 am
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. Read the rest on:
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