RNA – Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on October 9, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly criticized the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and held up what he said was the Iranian Supreme Leader’s “latest book.”
“It’s a 400-page screed detailing his plan to destroy the State of Israel,” the Prime Minister of the Zionist state declared.
The book, entitled “The Most Important Problem of the Islamic World: Selected Statements by Ayatollah Khamenei about Palestine,” is actually a collection of Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei’s speeches that has been reprinted in several editions in recent years. The third Persian edition, published in 2012, came with the cover Netanyahu displayed during his speech, and can be seen on Ayatollah Khamenei’s website.
The book, which visibly infuriated Netanyahu, includes Ayatollah Khamenei’s views on the issue of Palestine, and its importance, role and position in the Muslim ummah.
Netanyahu pointed to recent statements by Iran’s Supreme Leader where he stressed that “Israel will not exist in 25 years” and urged the representatives of the countries present in the UN General Assembly to stand against Iran’s positions, and not to remain silent. Then, in an unusual move, he stood silent for 44 seconds in a motion meant to increase the impact of his words.
In an interview after Netanyahu’s speech, Sa’id Saleh Mirzaei, the compiler of the book, stated that if Netanyahu believes that this book is a road map for Israel’s destruction, all revolutionary youth must read this book to see what this book is and how it upset the Zionists to such an extent. “I believe that we must do whatever is necessary and whatever we can to create more fear in the hearts of these accused people,” he said.
Mirzaei stated that there is one thing he would like to tell Netanyahu: “There have been several books written about Israel’s destruction. If the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime wants to introduce books written about the destruction of the Zionist regime at next years’ UN General Assembly, a truck will be needed to bring them all.”
He also stated that Netanyahu made several mistakes in his speech. First, he said that “Palestine” was not written by Ayatollah Khamenei himself, and, secondly, that this book was published a few days after the JCPOA was signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in Vienna on July 14. “However, the book has existed for many years and been reprinted several times,” he said.
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