Palestinian 1 Nov. Sermon: Jews "monkeys and pigs" - "O God, give us victory
over the Jews and their supporters"

[FBIS (US Government service) Report]

Gaza Palestine Satellite Channel Television in Arabic, official
television station of the Palestinian Authority, and Gaza Voice of Palestine
in Arabic -- Second Program -- official radio station of the Palestinian
Authority broadcasting from Gaza -- live sermon from Shaykh Ijlin mosque in
Gaza on 1 November 2002.

An unidentified shaykh delivers the sermon. He praises God, the
messenger, and his companions, saying that Almighty God "warns us of the
Jews and their characters." He also says God protected the prophet "from
Jews' cunning, treachery, and ideological terrorism." The imam then
congratulates those "who have won the confidence of the Palestinian
Legislative Council and the brother president," hoping that they will
succeed in serving the people and the country. He says that the Koran and
the prophet's tradition brand the Jews "with arrogance, rampaging,
treachery, and deception," accusing them of "killing people, shedding blood,
and triggering wars" on the blessed land of Palestine. Therefore, he
says, God "transformed them into monkeys and pigs," stressing that God will
punish them and urging Muslims to close ranks and abide by the Islamic law.

Only then, he says, will God stand by us, have mercy on us, and grant us
success and victory.

Concluding, the imam prays to God: "O God, give us victory over our
enemies and have mercy on our martyrs. O God, destroy the hypocrite
agents. O God, destroy them. O God, give us victory over the Jews and
their supporters."