TEHRAN — Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned Arab states that Israel is targeting all regional countries.

Israel is hatching plots against Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia in the UN Security Council, Larijani said here on Wednesday.

And Israel has become a regional nuisance, he added.

The remarks by Larijani came as the Zionist army was relentlessly pounding the Gaza Strip for the fifth consecutive day which has so far killed at least 390 Palestinians and wounded about 2000 others.

Commenting on the military assault on Gaza, he said, “This is not a minor event. If the Zionist regime is allowed to attain its objectives, the Middle East will not experience peace any more. The issue is not only related to Gaza and will not be confined to it.”

He also urged Islamic countries to be vigilant about traps, adding that they should not let ethnic and national biases convolute the issue, he added.

“The Gaza issue is not an Iranian-Arab issue. It is an Islamic-humanitarian issue, and the silence of (certain) countries in the face of the crimes in Gaza is a disgrace for them.”

Addressing Arab leaders, the Majlis speaker stated, “Our Arab friends should be aware that they are dealing with a regime that is plotting against them.”

Larijani insisted that the current state of affairs in the Gaza Strip is totally related to Iran’s national interests.

“If the Israelis succeed, our sovereignty will be jeopardized. Even if we do not look at the issue from a religious viewpoint but look at it from a national viewpoint, we should still defend the Gazans.”

———Ahmadinejad urges UN, Arab League to halt Israeli crimes

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the international community and world bodies to meet their duties and end the current humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

“The United Nations and the Security Council should pinpoint what their duties are. Isn’t it their duty to defend the oppressed and innocent people of the world against bullying and crimes?” he asked as he was addressing thousands of people in southeastern Iran.

Ahmadinejad criticized the UN for its silence in face of Israel’s brutal crimes in Gaza.

“If the Security Council is bound to defend and support all nations of the world… it is better to break its silence and not allow the occupying regime to continue its crimes.”

Addressing the UN secretary general, Ahmadinejad stated, “Mr. secretary general should know that he is responsible for such massacre of the people of Gaza.”

The president also slammed the Arab nations for their inaction over the overt slaughter of Gazans.

“Isn’t it the duty of the Arab League to defend the Arab countries? Aren’t the people of Palestine Arab? Why then has the Arab League is silent in the face of massacre of the oppressed and innocent people?”

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