The foreign ministers of Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, attending a meeting on Iraq in Iran, slammed Israel for the "increasing aggression against the Palestinian people," and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Islamic countries to mobilize against Israel and "remove" the "Zionist regime."
"The basic problem in the Islamic world is the existence of the Zionist regime, and the Islamic world and the region must mobilize to remove this problem," Ahmadinejad said at the opening of the two-day conference.
"Today there is a strong will... to remove the Zionist regime and implement a legal Palestinian regime all over Palestine. The continued survival of this regime means nothing but suffering for the region... The biggest threat today for the region is the existence of the fake Zionist regime," he said.
Arab League S-G Amr Mussa also went on the offensive, condemning Israel for its "increasing aggression against the Palestinian people" and the international community for its "silence".
"The Arab foreign ministers participating in today's Tehran meeting expressed their strong condemnation of this continuing and increasing aggression against the Palestinian people," Mussa said in a statement on behalf of officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria. The statement said the officials also "voiced sorrow over international silence, and held United Nations Security Council members responsible for the dangerous violations of international laws and treaties."
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