01/06/2010 Following the Israeli massacre against the activists on board of the Freedom Flotilla Gaza aid in the international waters which killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said Tuesday the deadly Israeli commando raid showed the fascist face of Zionism and that foreign powers be held accountable for the attack. The United States, Britain and France must also be held accountable for Monday's Israeli raid on the flotilla loaded with international aid, said Sayyed Khamenei.
"The Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference must not be satisfied with anything less than a full lifting of the Gaza blockade," he said in a statement.
His eminence also called for "an end to the grabbing of Palestinian land in the West Bank and a trial of criminals such as (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and (Defense Minister Ehud) Barak."
He said the "criminal attack ... should have convinced everyone that Zionism is the new and more violent face of fascism which is backed by those states which advocate freedom and human rights, above all the US government."
Washington, London and Paris should also be held accountable, he said. "US, Britain, France and other European communities which have politically and financially backed these natural-born criminals should be seriously held accountable," Sayyed Khamenei said.
AHMADINEJAD: ISRAEL PLANNING MASSIVE ATTACK ON GAZA
Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also lashed out at Israel and said Tehran had precise information that Israel planned to launch a "massive attack" on Gaza in the wake of the deadly raid.
"I warn you that if this time you commit a crime against any place, against Gaza, the storm of regional nations' fury will uproot you," he said in a speech in the western Iranian city of Ilam.
Ahmadinejad also lashed out at countries which he said "backed the Zionist regime." "This time if you back the crimes of the Zionist regime, the anger of regional nations ... will not just be limited to the borders of Palestine, but will also put on trial you and those who are accomplices in the crime," he said to cheering crowds.
Ahmadinejad criticized Washington for adopting a "weak stance" against Israel for its deadly raid on the Gaza aid flotilla. "The US government has adopted a very weak and biased position. Instead of condemning, it has spoken vaguely and sought to evade taking a stance," he said, while some European countries had adopted a "good" stand.
IRAN JEWS ‘WANT ZIONIST CRIMINALS PUNISHED’
Moreover, Iranian Jews demanded on Tuesday that those responsible for Israel's raid on the Gaza aid flotilla be punished and that such attacks be prevented in future. "Tehran's Jewish community condemns the inhuman act by Zionists of attacking a non-military flotilla," Tehran Jewish Community, which represents the minority in the Islamic republic, said in a statement.
"On behalf of Iran's Jewish community, we firmly demand serious international action to punish the criminals and measures to prevent such catastrophes."
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