2013 Briefing Book - Print Version - Aipac

ISRAEL AT RISK
Iran: The Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism
Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Tehran has repeatedly called for the destruction
of Israel. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has declared that the “illegitimate Zionist
regime” will be made to “disappear” through the “power of resistance and through the faith of
the resistance”—a code word for the terrorist activities of Hizballah, Hamas and others. The
Iranian regime has backed up these threats by providing hundreds of millions of dollars in military
and financial support to terrorist organizations along Israel’s borders—Hamas in Gaza and
Hizballah in Lebanon.
Iran has provided Hizballah with some of its most advanced weaponry, heightening international
concern that Iran might one day transfer nuclear weapons technology to the terrorist group.
Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani said in December 2001 that “one atomic bomb
inside Israel will wipe it off the face of the Earth.”
Hamas Calls for the Destruction of Israel
Designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and European Union, Hamas rejects
Israel’s right to exist and actively seeks its destruction. As its 1988 charter establishes, Hamas
HAMAS’ CHARTER OF HATE
The Hamas charter, published in 1988, details the guiding principles of the
Islamist terrorist group. Laced with anti-Semitism, the document calls
for the destruction of the state of Israel through jihad, or holy war.
Israel will exist and continue to exist until Islam
eliminates it as it had eliminated its predecessors.
(Opening Statement)
For our struggle against the Jews is extremely wideranging
and grave, so much so that it will need all the
loyal efforts we can wield, to be followed by further
steps and reinforced by successive battalions from the
multifarious Arab and Islamic world, until the enemies
are defeated and Allah’s victory prevails.
(Introduction)
There is no solution to the Palestinian problem except
by Jihad. The initiatives, proposals and International
Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in
futility. The Palestinian people are too noble to have
their future, their right and their destiny submitted
to a vain game. (Article 13)
Allah is its [Hamas’] goal, the Prophet its model, the
Quran its Constitution, Jihad its path and death for
the case of Allah its most sublime belief. (Article 8)
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