Blairs Hate Preacher Friend Says 'Annihilate Arabs'

[Voice]

Blairs Hate Preacher Friend Says 'Annihilate Arabs' - No Media Outrage & No Government Crackdown?

Monday, 12 September 2005
The spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, has provoked outrage with a sermon calling for the annihilation of Arabs.

"It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable," he was quoted as saying in a sermon delivered on Monday to mark the Jewish festival of Passover. The Lord shall return the Arabs' deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them

Rabbi Yosef is one of the most powerful religious figures in Israel, he is known for his outspoken comments and has in the past referred to the Arabs as "vipers". Through his influence over Shas, Israel's third largest political party, he is also a significant political figure. As founder and spiritual leader of the political party Shas, Rabbi Yosef is held in almost saintly regard by hundreds of thousands of Jews of Middle Eastern and North African origin.
The Palestinian Authority has condemned the sermon as racist and is calling on international organisations to treat the rabbi as a war criminal.
'Arab terrorists'

Rabbi Yosef said in his sermon that enemies have tried to hurt the Jewish people from the time of the exodus from Egypt to this day. A person of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's stature must refrain from acrid remarks such as these.

"The Lord shall return the Arabs' deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world," he said.
'Stirring up hatred'

Palestinian cabinet minister Hassan Asfur urged international civil institutions and human rights organisations to consider Rabbi Yosef a war criminal in future.

The utterances were "a clear call for murder and a political an intellectual terrorism that will lead to military terrorism", he said in remarks reported on Palestinian radio.

He added that no punishment would come from Israel "because its political culture and action are in line with [the rabbi's] racist statements".
Israeli Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit also condemned the sermon, saying: "A person of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's stature must refrain from acrid remarks such as these."

And he added: "I suggest that we not learn from the ways of the Palestinians and speak in verbal blows like these." Salah Tarif, the only Arab cabinet minister in the Israeli government, also criticized Rabbi Yosef, saying "his remarks add nothing but hatred".

[macmuslim]

Assalamu alaikum Voice

Here's where Mr Blair wants our attention to be though

Blair 'revulsion' at Iran remarks

Mr Blair said the sentiments were 'totally unacceptable'
Tony Blair has expressed "revulsion" at the Iranian president's assertion that he wanted Israel "wiped off the map".
Mr Blair told an EU summit at Hampton Court, near London, that he had "never come across" comments like those made by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday.

He added that Iran, suspected of having a nuclear weapons programme, could soon be considered a "real threat".

But Iran later accused the West of turning a blind eye to what it called Israel's "crimes".

EU leaders earlier issued a joint statement saying they condemned Mr Ahmadinejad's remarks.


'Unacceptable'

The Iranian charge d'affaires in London had already been summoned to the Foreign Office for the UK to lodge a protest.

Speaking after a one-day EU summit, Mr Blair said the Iranian leader's sentiments were "completely and totally unacceptable".


Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power earlier this year

He said: "Their attitude towards Israel, their attitude towards terrorism, their attitude on the nuclear weapons issue - it isn't acceptable."

Mr Blair said he had never heard of the president of a country saying that they want to wipe out another country.

"If they continue down this path, then people are going to believe that they are a real threat to our world security and stability.

"They may believe... the eyes of the world will be elsewhere, but I felt a real sense of revulsion at those remarks."

Mr Blair added: "Can you imagine a state like that with an attitude like that having a nuclear weapon?"

'Zionist crimes'

Earlier, the US said the Iranian president's comments highlighted concerns about nuclear plans, which Iran says are for peaceful purposes only.

Mr Ahmadinejad made his comments at a conference in the Iranian capital Tehran entitled The World without Zionism.

Referring to Iran's late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mr Ahmadinejad said: "As the imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map."

The Iranian foreign ministry later said Iran's embassies in the West would officially protest against Europe's attitude to "Zionist crimes".

Although the ministry's statement did not specifically mention Mr Ahmadinejad's speech, it said Iran blamed the complex situation in the Middle East on continued support for Israel.

Mr Ahmadinejad came to power earlier this year, replacing Mohammad Khatami, a reformist who attempted to improve Iran's relations with the West.

Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies Campbell said: "Military action remains quite 'inconceivable', as the foreign secretary said last December."

He also said: "The prime minister's revulsion is justified, but there are diplomatic and political steps that can be taken against Iran if it persists in bellicose behaviour and language."

[Tayeb]

What can one expect from the coolies of zionism the BB (Bush and BLiar) ?

[respectfulMan]

I wonder if you could accept an apology from just one of these people. I used to be a zionist, but I am no longer.

I'm sorry for the pain and anguish that we have put those people, your brothers, through throughout the centuries. I'm sorry for how we add to the torment and demonize you. It's not right. It's not Christian either. Jesus told us to love everyone. I'm sorry for failing Him and you all.

[Tayeb]

Dear respectfulMan:

Many of us find security and freedom in West. Most of the nuslim countries are run by oligarchies that are corrupt and wasteful of the resources that Allah has provided us with and have brought insecurity to their people.

As I told we are taught that among the People of the Book, christians are nearest to us.

Christianity has been hijacked by zionism, an inhumane ideology of strict racist nature, I'd say worse than apartheid, due to its murderous nature. I am glad to learn you have seen the truth about zionsim, and I assure there are many christians and jews that are seeing there's hardly any difference between zionism and nazism.

I hope you have at least understood better Islam during the time you have been as member of myiwc.com and found out how close we are to christianity. Of course our differences are fundamental, the nature of belief in Jesus, but unlike Jews we recognise prophethood in Jesus,

Ma'a-salaama,