Netanyahu called on other countries to place sanctions on Iran after Rouhani called Israel a “cancerous tumor.”
By: United with Israel Staff and AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s remarks calling Israel a “cancerous tumor” by calling on more countries to join the US’ sanctions against the “Iranian terrorist regime.”
“Israel knows very well how to defend itself from the murderous Iranian regime,” Netanyahu stated Saturday.
“Rouhani’s slander, which calls for the destruction of Israel, proves yet again why the nations of the world need to join in the sanctions against the Iranian terrorist regime which threatens them,” he added.
Addressing an annual Islamic Unity Conference earlier in the day, Rouhani said “one of the ominous results of World War II was the formation of a cancerous tumor in the region.” He also referred to Israel as a “fake regime” set up by Western countries.
Rouhani alleged that the US cultivates close ties with “regional Muslim nations” to protect Israel, an apparent reference to Iran’s regional rival Saudi Arabia and the kingdom’s Sunni Arab allies. He said bowing to American pressure amounts to “treason.”
He added, however, that Iran was prepared to defend Saudi Arabia from “terrorism and superpowers.”
“We do consider you as a brother,” he said. “We do consider the people of Mecca and Medina our brothers,” he added, referring to Islam’s two holiest cities, in Saudi Arabia.
Rouhani is considered a relative moderate in the West and has been hosted by several European countries.
‘Absolutely Unacceptable’
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz stated that he “strongly” condemns Rouhani’s “unacceptable” remarks
“It is absolutely unacceptable when Israel’s right to exist is called into question or its destruction is invoked,” he said.
“Because of our historic responsibility, the determined fight against all forms of anti-Semitism and support for Israel is particularly important to us. The security of Israel is not negotiable for Austria,” he underscored.
Kurz has previously condemned Iran and Rouhani for anti-Semitism.
Iran does not recognize Israel and regularly calls for its destruction.
In a rally in Tehran last year, Iran unveiled a digital clock in the city’s Palestine Square counting down the days to what it says will be the destruction of Israel in 2040.
The time frame appears to stem from comments made in 2015 by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who vowed there will be “nothing” left of Israel by the year 2040.
In September 2015, Khamenei proclaimed, “You [Israelis] will not see the coming 25 years and, God willing, there will not be something named the Zionist regime in next 25 years.”
He later tweeted in broken English, “Struggling, heroic and jihadi morale will leave no moment of serenity for Zionists.” Khamenei calls for Israel’s destruction almost on a weekly basis.
Most recently, Rouhani threatened Israel and stated that it can never feel safe, while calling for all Palestinians to “return to their homeland.”
“Israel can never feel that it is in a safe place,” Rouhani told reporters in June, as Iranians marked Quds Day by condemning Israel and chanting “death to Israel” and “death to America.”
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内塔尼亚胡呼吁其他国家对伊朗实施制裁，因为卢哈尼称以色列为“癌瘤”。
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内塔尼亚胡总理回应伊朗总统哈桑·鲁哈尼的言论，呼吁更多国家加入美国对“伊朗恐怖主义政权”的制裁，称以色列为“毒瘤”。
内塔尼亚胡星期六说：“以色列非常清楚如何保护自己免受伊朗残暴政权的伤害。”
“卢哈尼的诽谤，呼吁摧毁以色列，再次证明了为什么世界各国需要加入对威胁他们的伊朗恐怖政权的制裁，”他补充说。
在今天早些时候举行的一年一度的伊斯兰团结会议上，鲁哈尼说：“二战的不祥结果之一是在该地区形成了一个癌瘤。”他还把以色列称为西方国家建立的“假政权”。
鲁哈尼声称，美国与“地区穆斯林国家”建立密切关系，以保护以色列，这显然是指伊朗的区域对手沙特阿拉伯和沙特阿拉伯的逊尼派阿拉伯盟友。他说，屈服于美国的压力等于“叛国”。
然而，他补充说，伊朗准备保护沙特阿拉伯免受“恐怖主义和超级大国”之害。
“我们认为你是个兄弟，”他说。“我们确实认为麦加和麦地那的人民是我们的兄弟，”他补充说，指的是伊斯兰教在沙特阿拉伯的两个最神圣的城市。
在西方，鲁哈尼被认为是相对温和的，并且被几个欧洲国家接纳。
“绝对不可接受”
奥地利总理库尔兹表示，他“强烈”谴责鲁哈尼的“不可接受”言论。
他说：“当以色列的生存权利受到质疑或遭到破坏时，这是绝对不能接受的。”
“由于我们的历史责任，坚决打击一切形式的反犹太主义和支持以色列对我们特别重要。以色列的安全问题对于奥地利来说是不可商量的，”他强调。
Kurz此前谴责伊朗和鲁哈尼反犹太主义。
伊朗不承认以色列，并经常要求其销毁。
在去年德黑兰的一次集会上，伊朗在德黑兰的巴勒斯坦广场上展示了一个数字钟，它把时间倒计时到2040年摧毁以色列
这个时间框架似乎源自伊朗最高领导人哈梅内伊在2015年发表的评论。哈梅内伊发誓到2040年以色列将“一无所有”。
2015年9月，哈梅内伊宣布：“你们（以色列人）将看不到未来的25年，上帝保佑，在未来25年内不会出现所谓的犹太复国主义政权。”
哈梅内伊后来用破烂的英语在推特上写道：“奋斗、英勇和圣战的士气不会给犹太复国主义者留下任何安宁的时刻。”哈梅内伊几乎每周都呼吁摧毁以色列。
最近，鲁哈尼威胁以色列，并称以色列永远不会感到安全，同时呼吁所有巴勒斯坦人“返回家园”。
六月份，当伊朗人谴责以色列，高喊“以色列之死”和“美国之死”来纪念圣城日时，鲁哈尼对记者说：“以色列永远不会感到它处在一个安全的地方。”
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