https://www.memri.org/tv/sec-gen-ar...-holocaust-palestine-resistance-not-terrorism
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in an April 22, 2024 interview with Sada Elbalad TV (Egypt) that the Jews have no conscience left, because it was burned in the Holocaust. He continued to say that Israel is the product of a "problem that existed in Europe," and which was "transferred to the Middle East." Aboul Gheit said that Palestinian resistance against Israel does not constitute terrorism, and he likened it to the resistance in many European countries against Nazi Germany in World War II. He added that Israel does not have the right to self-defense because it is an occupier.
Ahmed Aboul Gheit: "The so-called 'Jewish conscience' was burned in the Holocaust, in 1945. The Holocaust in which the Nazis burned the Jews - the Jewish conscience was also burned there, and they have no conscience left.
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"Israel is a product of violence. Israel is a product of violence and power, because you must understand that the Israeli society and the Israeli state are the product of a problem that existed in Europe, and they transferred it to the Middle East or Arab region, by establishing Palestine…"
Interviewer: "Establishing Israel."
Ahmed Aboul Gheit: "Right. By establishing Israel. Therefore, they came (to the region) as a product of European violence.
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"Personally, I believe that the resistance in Palestine does not constitute terrorism. Furthermore, Israel does not have the right to self-defense, because it is an occupying force. After all, what are they doing in Gaza? What are they doing in the West Bank? What is the purpose of the Israeli military presence in the West Bank? They are an occupying force.
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"We all watched movies about Nazi soldiers in cities in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and France, and the resistance of those nations against them. Don't we know how the French resistance organizations used to exchange messages with London in order to obtain weapons, so they could kill the German soldiers on their soil in World War II? The concept of resistance is very legitimate, and it is in keeping with international law. Whenever there is occupation, there is resistance. So how to you allow the occupiers to claim that they are exercising their right to self-defense?"
Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in an April 22, 2024 interview with Sada Elbalad TV (Egypt) that the Jews have no conscience left, because it was burned in the Holocaust. He continued to say that Israel is the product of a "problem that existed in Europe," and which was "transferred to the Middle East." Aboul Gheit said that Palestinian resistance against Israel does not constitute terrorism, and he likened it to the resistance in many European countries against Nazi Germany in World War II. He added that Israel does not have the right to self-defense because it is an occupier.
Ahmed Aboul Gheit: "The so-called 'Jewish conscience' was burned in the Holocaust, in 1945. The Holocaust in which the Nazis burned the Jews - the Jewish conscience was also burned there, and they have no conscience left.
[…]
"Israel is a product of violence. Israel is a product of violence and power, because you must understand that the Israeli society and the Israeli state are the product of a problem that existed in Europe, and they transferred it to the Middle East or Arab region, by establishing Palestine…"
Interviewer: "Establishing Israel."
Ahmed Aboul Gheit: "Right. By establishing Israel. Therefore, they came (to the region) as a product of European violence.
[…]
"Personally, I believe that the resistance in Palestine does not constitute terrorism. Furthermore, Israel does not have the right to self-defense, because it is an occupying force. After all, what are they doing in Gaza? What are they doing in the West Bank? What is the purpose of the Israeli military presence in the West Bank? They are an occupying force.
[…]
"We all watched movies about Nazi soldiers in cities in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, and France, and the resistance of those nations against them. Don't we know how the French resistance organizations used to exchange messages with London in order to obtain weapons, so they could kill the German soldiers on their soil in World War II? The concept of resistance is very legitimate, and it is in keeping with international law. Whenever there is occupation, there is resistance. So how to you allow the occupiers to claim that they are exercising their right to self-defense?"
