Assad in OIC Summit: If Golan Talks Fail, We'll Turn to Resistance
09/11/2009 Syrian President Bashar Assad warned on Monday that if the Golan Heights are not returned peacefully – Syria will turn to resistance. Speaking at an economic forum of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Istanbul, Assad said, "The failure of negotiations towards the full restoration of rights automatically means resistance is the alternative solution."
According to Assad, "Resisting the occupation is a national duty. It is our legitimate and moral obligation to support it, and it is an honor that we take pride in. This does not contradict the constant desire to achieve a just and inclusive peace on the basis of the restoration of the occupied lands, starting with the occupied Syrian Golan."
The Syrian president also criticized the international community's approach towards Israel: "The events have proven that censure lacks any real value if it are not accompanied real steps, starting with applying pressure on Israel instead of rewarding it, and ending with supporting the original Arab residents' firm position, who face the Israeli occupation with a number of means."
He also slammed Israel for the situation at the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem: "We felt this danger 40 years ago, when the Israelis tried to set fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque. Today these attempts are reoccurring in the most determined way, in an attempt to finally remove the mosque. At the same time, steps are being taken to Judaize Jerusalem by expelling Palestinians from their homes and housing settlers in their place."
Assad said the activity in occupied Jerusalem is organized and accompanied by "daily aggression, collective acts of massacre and the destruction of the infrastructure aimed at pushing the Palestinians to complete despair, to have them immigrate out of Palestine, and this is an attempt to achieve a pure Jewish state."
“RADICAL CHANGE” FOR GLOBAL ECONOMY
Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in the conference that the global economic order needs "radical change", calling for the adoption of Islamic principles instead of capitalist values. "The present economic crisis is due to the capitalist system. The world needs radical change," Ahmadinejad told the one-day economic summit of the OIC.
Describing interest rates as the "biggest and most fundamental problem of the capitalist system," Ahmadinejad said economic programs based on Islamic principles offered the way out. "The world is looking for fairer values that we cannot find in the capitalist system. The world system based on usury has collapsed, proving its failure," he said in comments translated into Turkish.
"We have to draw up programs based on Islamic economic thinkers. That way we can guide people to happiness, security, justice and honesty. This is the most correct way to salvation," he added. Ahmadinejad also urged member countries to agree to carrying out trade in their national currencies and setting up a common market. "By announcing the type of money to be used between member countries, we will be saved from the adverse effects of global capitalism," Ahmadinejad added.
09/11/2009 Syrian President Bashar Assad warned on Monday that if the Golan Heights are not returned peacefully – Syria will turn to resistance. Speaking at an economic forum of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Istanbul, Assad said, "The failure of negotiations towards the full restoration of rights automatically means resistance is the alternative solution."
According to Assad, "Resisting the occupation is a national duty. It is our legitimate and moral obligation to support it, and it is an honor that we take pride in. This does not contradict the constant desire to achieve a just and inclusive peace on the basis of the restoration of the occupied lands, starting with the occupied Syrian Golan."
The Syrian president also criticized the international community's approach towards Israel: "The events have proven that censure lacks any real value if it are not accompanied real steps, starting with applying pressure on Israel instead of rewarding it, and ending with supporting the original Arab residents' firm position, who face the Israeli occupation with a number of means."
He also slammed Israel for the situation at the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem: "We felt this danger 40 years ago, when the Israelis tried to set fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque. Today these attempts are reoccurring in the most determined way, in an attempt to finally remove the mosque. At the same time, steps are being taken to Judaize Jerusalem by expelling Palestinians from their homes and housing settlers in their place."
Assad said the activity in occupied Jerusalem is organized and accompanied by "daily aggression, collective acts of massacre and the destruction of the infrastructure aimed at pushing the Palestinians to complete despair, to have them immigrate out of Palestine, and this is an attempt to achieve a pure Jewish state."
“RADICAL CHANGE” FOR GLOBAL ECONOMY
Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in the conference that the global economic order needs "radical change", calling for the adoption of Islamic principles instead of capitalist values. "The present economic crisis is due to the capitalist system. The world needs radical change," Ahmadinejad told the one-day economic summit of the OIC.
Describing interest rates as the "biggest and most fundamental problem of the capitalist system," Ahmadinejad said economic programs based on Islamic principles offered the way out. "The world is looking for fairer values that we cannot find in the capitalist system. The world system based on usury has collapsed, proving its failure," he said in comments translated into Turkish.
"We have to draw up programs based on Islamic economic thinkers. That way we can guide people to happiness, security, justice and honesty. This is the most correct way to salvation," he added. Ahmadinejad also urged member countries to agree to carrying out trade in their national currencies and setting up a common market. "By announcing the type of money to be used between member countries, we will be saved from the adverse effects of global capitalism," Ahmadinejad added.
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