Sermon on official PA TV after Aqaba: O God, destroy the Jews...the United
States and its allies

FBIS Report - Friday sermons carried by the news media of the Palestinian
Authority on 13 June 2003:
[With thanks to www.mideastweb.org/mewnews1.htm ]

WEST BANK & GAZA STRIP

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 -- at 0950 GMT carry a 30-minute live
sermon from Shaykh Ijlin Mosque in Gaza.

Shaykh Ibrahim al-Mudayris delivers the sermon. He praises God, the
messenger, and his companions, condemning the Israeli "massacres" against
Palestinian citizens, who are accused of terrorism, although they are
victims. The imam also says that the Israelis are destroying homes and lands
in the occupied Palestinian territories and denounces Israel's
"assassination attempt against Abd-al-Aziz al-Rantisi." He says: "It seems
that Jews have not learned the lesson well. They still try to assassinate
Palestinian leaders, who are considered a red line that should not be
approached." The imam then reminds Israelis of Palestinian retaliations for
killing Palestinian leaders and condemns the Israeli forces for killing
innocent people on the streets. He then denounces "Arab, Islamic, and
international silence," saying that Palestinians have sought the help of the
Islamic nation and the world for more than 50 years. But, he says, all of
them "condemn us as terrorists." He advises Palestinians not to seek the
help of anybody other than God to protect our people and "our children, who
are killed every day," assuring Palestinians that relying on God will lead
to victory and giving examples from Islamic history to support his argument.

The imam then urges Muslims to close their ranks in the face of current
dangers in order to defend their faith, calling on members of the
Palestinian Legislative Council to be careful when trying to endorse any
draft law conflicting with Islamic law.

Concluding, the imam prays to God: "O God, punish our enemies. O God,
destroy those who have harmed us. O God, destroy those who harm Muslims. O
God, destroy the Jews and their supporters. O God, destroy the United States
and its allies."

Ramallah Voice of Palestine, official radio station of the Palestinian
Authority, at 0948 GNMT carries a live 45-minute sermon from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Shaykh Yusuf Abu-Sunaynah delivers the sermon. He praises God, the
messenger, and his companions, urging Arabs and Muslims to rely on God
rather than the United States or Europe and "to establish the cherished
Islamic state as the only solution to our causes." He says that when Muslims
in the era of Prophet Muhammad applied this rule, they conquered many
countries.

The imam then says: "A summit meeting was held in Sharm al-Shaykh in the
presence of the US President and a number of Arab leaders. Another summit
was held in Al-Aqabah in the presence of the Israeli prime minister on the
36th anniversary of the so-called Six-Day War in 1967 in which the rest of
Muslim Palestine, the Syrian Golan Heights, and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula
were occupied. The goal of the summit was to implement the so-called road
map in order to find a solution to the Palestine question. But the real goal
was to draw up the dimensions of the US strategy in the Middle East and ways
to fight the so-called world terrorism following the ouster of the Iraqi
regime. The conferees did not refer to the fact that the ongoing Israeli
occupation is the cause of the current cycle of violence and the growing
hatred of the US policy and Israel. Peace and stability will not prevail
with the ongoing US arrogance and Israeli intransigence. The summits were
held amid greetings and smiles between the US President, whose hands are
still stained with the blood of Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Nevertheless, the Arab leaders are still wagering on false US promises.
Everybody forgot to ask the US President about the weapons of mass
destruction issue, which he used as an excuse to invade Iraq, to displace
its people, and to plunder its wealth. Nobody asked him about the alleged
democracy and freedom he had promised for Iraq, which is now rejecting
humiliation and occupation. Reports says that Americans are killed every day
in Iraq."

Criticizing the road map, the imam says: "Reports say that the United States
has decided to implement the road map, which, if implemented, will lead to a
dark, gloomy future for our Muslim Palestinian people." He warns that
Israel's decision to tighten the siege on the Palestinians "is aimed at
triggering an inter-Palestinian clash under the pretext of the so-called
terrorism," urging the Palestinian people to close their ranks and to reject
any internecine fighting.

Concluding, the imam asks God to forgive Muslims, strengthen them, and grant
them peace and safety.