久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Iran offers to fund Hamas-led Palestinian authority
(AP)
Updated: 2006-02-23 09:14

Iran offered Wednesday to fund a Hamas-led Palestinian government if the West cuts off aid. But Israel vowed to block any money from Tehran and warned the Palestinians against aligning with what it called "international pariahs."


Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani (R) shakes hands with Chief of militant Palestinian group Hamas Khaled Meshaal after a news conference in Tehran, Iran, February 22, 2006. [AP]

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, issued the pledge after a meeting with Khaled Mashaal, the Hamas political leader. Mashaal and his delegation were in Iran on their latest stop of a tour of Arab and Islamic nations to build support.

Iran, one of Hamas' strongest backers, shares a nearly identical regional political strategy with the Islamic militant group that won last month's Palestinian parliament elections. Both have called for the destruction of Israel and neither recognizes the Jewish state.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday asked Hamas to form a government. The group has steadfastly refused Western demands to renounce violence, accept Israel's right to exist and abide by past agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

The United States and European Union, which consider Hamas a terrorist organization, have said they will halt hundreds of millions of dollars in aid grants to the Palestinian Authority after a Hamas government takes office unless the group changes its attitude toward Israel and violence.

Hamas suicide bombers have killed hundreds of Israelis. But the group has respected an informal cease-fire since early last year.

"The United States proved that it would not support democracy after it cut its aid to the Palestinian government after Hamas won the elections. We will certainly help the Palestinians," Larijani said, according to an Iran radio report.

Israel and the United States have long accused Iran of giving financial and material support to Hamas. But Iran has always replied it gives only moral backing.

"The incoming Palestinian leadership has to decide if it wants to be part of the legitimate international community or if it wants, through its own actions, to align itself with international pariahs," Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said.

Asked whether Israel would try to block the Iranian funding, Regev replied it would be going to finance a "terrorist" leadership.

"We would be entitled to use all legal means to prevent that money from reaching its destination," he said.

State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli said Wednesday he could not verify the reports that Iran had offered to fund Hamas.

"Iran's support of terror and Iran's support of violence as an acceptable way to achieve political aspirations is contrary to the policy and the statements of President Abbas," he said, adding "it's frankly contrary to the actions of the civilized world."

Israel condemns Iran for its support of militant groups and accuses Tehran of seeking to produce nuclear weapons — a charge Iran denies.

Last year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel should be "wiped off" the map and called the Nazi Holocaust of 6 million Jews a myth.

Hamas leaders have acknowledged receiving small amounts of Iranian aid, but the group has said it did not want to rely solely on Iranian funds.

In Kuwait, the Salafi Movement — a Sunni extremist group — called on Muslims and Arabs to offer financial support to Hamas, the "legitimate and elected representative" of the Palestinian people. The movement said Hamas was the target of "political blackmail" to force it to recognize Israel.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called Monday for Muslim nations to aid a Hamas-led government.

Ahmadinejad also has indicated Hamas should not fear the West's threat to cut off funds. "Since the divine treasures are infinite, you should not be concerned about economic issues," the official news agency quoted him as saying.



Anti-Japanese rally in South Korea
German army battle to halt bird flu spread
Hundreds feared dead in massive Filipino mudslide
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Chen Shui-bian warned not to go down path of secession

 

   
 

Eight co-workers share US$365m jackpot

 

   
 

Strict curbs pledged on land acquisition

 

   
 

China-Japan talks yield minor progress

 

   
 

Fossil find 'may rewrite history'

 

   
 

Human trials begin for anti-HIV drug

 

   
  Mosque attack pushes Iraq toward civil war
   
  Sectarian violence kills at least 93 in Nigeria
   
  Explosion destroys dome of Shiite Shrine
   
  S.Korea pushing pace to resume North nuclear talks
   
  World's largest gold mine halts production
   
  Nearly 100 dead in US custody in Iraq, Afghanistan
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 边接电话边做国语高清对白 | 亚洲国产精品专区 | 欧美俄罗斯一级毛片 | 性视频网站在线 | 亚洲一区二区三区四区在线 | 久久99国产亚洲高清观看首页 | 中国a毛片 | 97久久曰曰久久久 | 成人三级视频 | 欧美精品久久天天躁 | 久久精品国产99久久久 | 人成18亚洲资源在线 | 国产三级麻豆 | 亚洲天堂一区二区在线观看 | 美女张开腿给男生桶下面视频 | 久久久久18 | 久久精品国产精品亚洲 | 亚洲黄色片网站 | 欧美一级久久久久久久久大 | 国产成人久久精品 | 国产精品女上位在线观看 | 中文在线三级中文字幕 | 日韩影院久久 | 成人看片黄a毛片 | 在线成人免费观看国产精品 | 久久夜色精品国产噜噜亚洲a | 日韩精品视频免费在线观看 | 免费观看三级毛片 | 精品国产一区二区三区免费看 | 亚洲精品高清国产麻豆专区 | 成熟的女性强烈交性视频 | 日韩精品一区二区三区中文字幕 | 久久无码av三级 | 色一伦一情一区二区三区 | 99精品免费观看 | 亚洲男人的天堂在线视频 | 亚洲视频三级 | 国产情侣普通话刺激对白 | 亚洲欧美自拍偷拍 | 大片在线播放日本一级毛片 | 亚洲精品国产精品国自产观看 |