A conference to declare Jew-hating inciter Raed Salah a "global humanitarian symbol"

Raed Salah is the head of the outlawed northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. For many years he has spewed hate and incitement, trying to rile up Muslims to violence against Jews. 

He often claims that Israel is planning to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque. In 2007 he gave a sermon that invoked the blood libel of Jews drinking children's blood. He has said that 4000 Jews were warned ahead of time not to go to the World Trade Center on 9/11. He claimed that Israeli police are drinking and having sex at Al Aqsa. He has said that Monica Lewinsky is part of a global Jewish conspiracy to take down Bill Clinton. He predicted in 2011 that Israel would no longer exist by 2020.

He is currently in prison in Israel for incitement to terrorism.

On Saturday a three day conference began online with the aim of declaring the hateful antisemite a "global  humanitarian symbol."

An international conference was launched, Saturday, in solidarity with the Palestinian leader, Raed Salah, who is detained in Israeli prisons, with the aim of coming up with a document declaring him a "global humanitarian symbol."

The Forum for Thought and Strategic Studies (a non-governmental organization based in Istanbul) and the Global Coalition for Support of Jerusalem and Palestine sponsor the "International Conference of Solidarity with Raed Salah", in sessions that started Saturday on Zoom and will continue for 3 days.

Among the most prominent participants in the international conference, whose proceedings are translated into 5 languages, are the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Muhammad, the advisor to the President of the Turkish Justice and Development Party Yassin Aktay, the former Bahraini parliamentarian, Nasser Al-Fadhala, and the preacher of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Ikrimah Sabri.

During the opening session, President of the Forum, Bassam Dwaihi, said: "Today, an elite group of opinion, intellectual and diplomatic leaders are meeting to address a global figure, including the character of Salah with great qualities abounding in the struggle against the occupation."

He pointed out that "the conference includes many sessions to confirm Salah's achievements at all levels, the most important of which are humanitarian, civil and social work, and defending the rights of Palestinians and Islamic and Christian sanctities, and come up with a document aimed at adopting him as a global symbol."

Jew-hatred, humanitarianism - what's the difference?

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