Boasts and Threats from the Other Side

December 10, 2007

—Dr. Hamza Dhib Mustafa, member of the PA Supreme Fatwa Council, Al-Quds,
 August 28, 2007

“Israel Is the ‘Flag of Satan’”

“The Zionist regime is the flag bearer of invasion, occupation, and Satan. When the philosophy behind its creation and survival is invalid, it is not unlikely that this regime be on the path to dissolution and deterioration.”

—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islamic Republic News Agency

Celebrating Nuking Israel

“If war breaks out, where will the Iranians retaliate? If Iran is able to retaliate, it will burn the oil wells, block the Straits of Hormuz, attack the bases in the Gulf, and Allah willing, it will attack Israel as well. If the Iranian missiles strike Israel—by Allah, I will go to Trafalgar Square and dance with delight if the Iranian missiles strike Israel.”

—Abd al-Bari Atwan, Editor in Chief of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, ANB TV

“If Israel Attacks Syria, We’ll Respond”

“If Israel dares to make an adventurous move against Syria, it will pay a heavy price. I believe that things have changed. The times when everyone was afraid of the Israeli threats are over. The Zionist entity knows more than anyone that the price of such adventurousness would be heavy, and the Israelis know the price more than anyone. Since 2006, we have begun a new stage in the Arab–Israeli conflict and have demonstrated this during the Israeli aggression in July [2006, the Second Lebanon War]. If anyone wants to make an adventurous move, it will bear responsibility for this aggression.”

—Dr. Ahmad Malli, a member of Hizbullah’s political council, Nazareth-based Kul al-Arab newspaper, September 27, 2007

“We Will Be at the Front Posts”

“I believe that the Israelis and the Americans will carry out attacks against Syria as soon as possible, in other words in the near future. I do not reject the possibility that the Israeli aircraft will attack us—the Palestinians in Syria. I also do not reject the possibility that they will attack the Palestinian headquarters in Damascus. We, the Palestinians in Syria, will not stand idly by. We will be at the front posts.”

—Ahmad Jibril, secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Al-Hadat newspaper, September 28, 2007

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