PressTV... Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed Israel as the “main threat” to the Muslim world, warning that the regime is trying to Judaize the occupied Palestinian lands.
Zarif made the remarks on Tuesday upon his arrival in the Turkish city of Istanbul, where he is expected to attend an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on recent developments at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
“The main threat to the Islamic world is the Zionist regime,” which is fueling other threats to the region such as terrorism and extremism, Zarif said.
He also called on Muslim and regional countries to be vigilant and prevent Israel from distracting the Islamic world’s attention from the “main threat” facing the region.
Israel continues its policy of occupation through efforts “to change the identity and the status of the occupied territories and Judaize these areas,” Zarif added.
The top Iranian diplomat further expressed hope that the OIC meeting’s decisions would help launch a coordinated international move to end the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
In a press release on its website, the OIC said the Istanbul meeting was aimed at sending “a unified message to the international community by the Muslim World, demanding it to commit Israel, the occupying power, to respect the resolutions of the international legitimacy, the Geneva Conventions and all resolutions on the Palestinian issue, especially al-Quds al-Sharif, which is an integral part of the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967.”
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Israel as the “main threat” to the Muslim world
and much of the rest of the world.