http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-08-voa19.cfm?rss=politics <http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-08-voa19.cfm?rss=politics>
Palestinian PM Calls for Jihad During Visit to Iran By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 December 2006 Berger report - Download 252k <http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/english/2006_12/Audio/rm/berger_pale\ stinian_iran.rm> [audio clip] Listen to Berger report [audio clip] <http://www.voanews.com/english/figleaf/ramfilegenerate.cfm?filepath=htt\ p%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evoanews%2Ecom%2Fmediaassets%2Fenglish%2F2006%5F12%2FAudi\ o%2Frm%2Fberger%5Fpalestinian%5Firan%2Erm> Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh says his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem. Addressing worshippers at Friday prayers in Tehran, Mr. Haniyeh said Hamas would not give in to U.S. and Zionist pressure to stop the jihad and resistance. He said Hamas will never recognize what he called "the usurpation of Palestinian land" or accept previous peace agreements with Israel. Mr. Haniyeh's visit underscores growing Iranian influence in the region. Iran has close ties with two of Israel's arch enemies: Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. That is of deep concern to Israel, and also to Palestinian moderates, like human rights activist Bassam Eid. "No doubt that Iran is playing a, let's say, very bloody role in the region here. And I am really so surprised [at] how the Hamas movement is trying to take care on the [getting involved in] Iranian interests rather than on the Palestinian interests," he said. Israel sees Iran's alliance with Hamas and Hezbollah as especially dangerous in light of the Iranian nuclear program. It was just over a year ago that Iran's president threatened to wipe Israel off the map. "I think that we all agree that first and foremost, Iran cannot be nuclear," says Israeli spokeswoman Miri Eisen. "I think this is something that there is great agreement on it in the international community." But Israel believes that the Western powers are moving way too slowly. It has warned that if the international community does not take tough action to stop Iran's nuclear program, Israel might act on its own. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
