In a Friday sermon delivered on March 25 in Jatt, Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel and former mayor of Umm Al-Fahm, promised the congregation that “the Israeli occupation” will vanish just like the Roman and Persian empires and British and French colonialism. Sheikh Salah added that the land will “vomit” the Israeli occupation “just like the sea vomits its filth.” The sermon was posted on the Internet by Q Press, an outlet associated with the Israeli Islamic movement.

Following are excerpts

Raed Salah: Jihad is worthless without a struggle. This land is a blessed land, a land of ribat, a land of Jihad, hence, it is a land of struggle between its people and any invaders coveting it. We are the land's people, and others who covet it are invaders. They may be colonialists, occupiers, corrupters, oppressors, or villains, but we are [part of] this land. Others who covet it have declared war against this land and against us. May Allah fight them. This is a very important point, my brothers. If this land is a blessed land of ribat and Jihad, then it is a land of struggle. Note how many [nations] coveted this land, and Allah be praised, they have vanished.

The Roman empire flexed its muscles here at one point, but it has vanished. Then the Persian empire flexed its muscles, and it has vanished as well. Then along came the Crusaders, but they have vanished too. The Tatars came and vanished. British colonialism came and vanished. French colonialism came and vanished. The Israeli occupation will also vanish. There is no doubt about it. This is a land of struggle, a land of struggle. Therefore, note how many who coveted this land were vomited by it like the sea vomits its filth. Our land is blessed, and therefore, it does not tolerate impure filth. Our land does not tolerate garbage, and just like the sea vomits its garbage, our land rejects all its garbage, and ultimately, vomits it.

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