Much like his French counterpart last week, the British Foreign Secretary painted Israel as a catalyst of terror rather than one of its main victims.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday, on the eve of an unprecedented visit to Iran, that international terrorism is fed by the fury in the Moslem world over the suffering of the Palestinian Arabs. Straw is due to arrive today in Iran, with the apparent intention of getting that Moslem state to join the international coalition against terrorism. The Foreign Secretary will follow that trip with a stop in Israel on Tuesday.
Minister Ephraim Sneh, in an angry reply to Straw’s comments, said that they portray Israel as a cause of terrorism rather than a victim of it. An exasperated Sneh repeatedly called such comments on the eve of the British Foreign Secretary’s trip to Iran “a stab in the back to Israel.” Iran is one of the chief sponsors and suppliers of international terrorism through the Hizbullah and other organizations.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday, on the eve of an unprecedented visit to Iran, that international terrorism is fed by the fury in the Moslem world over the suffering of the Palestinian Arabs. Straw is due to arrive today in Iran, with the apparent intention of getting that Moslem state to join the international coalition against terrorism. The Foreign Secretary will follow that trip with a stop in Israel on Tuesday.
Minister Ephraim Sneh, in an angry reply to Straw’s comments, said that they portray Israel as a cause of terrorism rather than a victim of it. An exasperated Sneh repeatedly called such comments on the eve of the British Foreign Secretary’s trip to Iran “a stab in the back to Israel.” Iran is one of the chief sponsors and suppliers of international terrorism through the Hizbullah and other organizations.