Yemen, Gaza Evidence of Emptiness of US Slogans about Peace: Iraqi Cleric
“How can we talk about peace when America’s behavior is based on threat and destruction?” Ayatollah Sayed Yaseen al-Mousawi said in his Friday prayer sermons yesterday.
“Yemen and Gaza are clear evidence of the failure of American slogans about peace, especially when, after the release of an American-Israeli prisoner, the United States pledged to stop the war in Gaza, to send Israeli troops and humanitarian aid, but none of this was fulfilled.”
He called on the political leaders of Iraq and the region not to trust the promises of the United States, stressing that negotiations should not be based on weakness and greed, but should be based on national sovereignty and justice.
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s mistake in trusting America must not be repeated, a fate that is still being remembered, he said.
Elsewhere in his sermon, the senior cleric pointed to the killing of two staff members of the Zionist regime’s embassy in Washington and described the reactions as examples of the double standards of the West.
Criticizing the selective response of Western countries, he said they are storing up controversy for two dead, but in the face of the daily slaughter of hundreds of civilians in Gaza, they are deadly silent.
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They officially recognize Israel as a state, but we recognize it as an occupying regime, and that belief will not change, Ayatollah Mousawi underscored.
Two staff members at the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot dead near a Jewish museum.
The shooting took place late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which was hosting an American Jewish Committee event at the time of the incident.
Washington police chief Pamela Smith said a single suspect who was seen pacing outside the museum before the event was apprehended.
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, "chanted 'Free, free Palestine,’ while in custody," she added.
Anger against Israel has increased worldwide since October 7, 2023, when the regime launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
More than 19 months into its brutal aggression, the occupying regime has failed to achieve its declared objectives in Gaza despite killing at least 53,655 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 121,950 others.
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