Hamas Terror Attacks Rain Rockets On Israel While Jihadists Cheer

Mendi Safadi, who heads the Safadi Center for International Diplomacy, Research, Public Relations and Human Rights, also believes that Iran stands behind the latest round of violence: “Iran continues its propaganda, hatred and threats to annihilate Israel. A few months ago, the world declared Never Again on Holocaust Memorial Day, yet they treat the New Nazis, the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a legitimate government, just as the Allies treated Hitler’s government as legitimate during the Holocaust. The West continues to look for ways to ease the sanctions, even though Iran has threatened to attack targets in Israel and has sent their proxies to do just that.”    

However, Iran is not the only country supporting the Palestinian terror groups against Israel during this latest round of violence. 

MEMRI reported that in reaction to these attacks, prominent Al Qaeda supporter Warith Al Qassam shared a video of Israelis taking shelter, proclaiming: “Great news to see the humiliation in the face of the Jews due to the rockets fired by the militias of the Rafidha (derogatory phrase to describe Shias and pro-Iran groups).” Syria-based Saudi jihadi cleric Abdullah Al-Muheiseni shared a video and claimed that it documents the rockets that “poured on Zionists like rain.” He further prayed to Allah to extend his support to those who are defending Al-Quds, the first Qibla. Pro-ISIS media outlets have also called upon the Palestinian terror groups to “wage jihad” against the Jews. 

According to the Turkish media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “”highlighted the importance of Turkey and Qatar’s joint effort to mobilize regional countries and the international community against Israel’s attacks against Al-Quds, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Palestinians.”  He had nothing to say about the rocket attacks targeting Israeli civilians. 

To the contrary, amid this escalation, MEMRI reported that the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), supported by Qatar and Turkey, praised the “heroic jihad operations” of the “jihad fighters in Palestine,” as well as the young Palestinians who are “deployed on the battlefront” in Jerusalem. The sermon states that “the Muslims’ foremost duty is to wage jihad by sacrificing their souls” for Al-Aqsa. It adds that whoever is unable to come to the battlefront himself must help the jihad fighters with money, and thus “illuminate Al-Aqsa,” just as the Palestinians who are deployed on the front illuminate it with their blood and their souls.