Israel's U.N. ambassador accuses moderate Muslims of not doing enough to curtail Islamic terrorism
Israel's U.N. ambassador on Monday accused moderate Muslim and Arab leaders of standing by in "eerie silence" while Islamic extremists terrorize people around the world.
"We live in a world where when Christians kill Muslims, it's a crusade. When Jews kill Muslims, it's a massacre. When Muslims kill Muslims, it's the weather channel. Nobody cares,"
Ambassador Dan Gillerman told reporters at a press lunch at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York.
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Gillerman compared the muted reaction to the uproar triggered across the Muslim world last year over Danish newspaper cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad.
"Hundreds of Muslims are killed by Muslims and you don't see a single Muslim leader that stands up and says enough is enough," he said.
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"What we are witnessing today truly is a clash of civilization, in the singular ... because most of the horror, most of the bloodshed, most of the terror and most of the killings are within Islam. And the vast majority of victims are Muslims."
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Gillerman said that although Israel would not accept the plan without amendments, he believed that moderate Arab leaders had reorganized their priorities in the region at the March summit, focusing less on Israel and more on Iran and its nuclear ambitions.
"What made them gather in Riyadh is not us," said Gillerman. "What made them gather is the fact that they said let's try and solve this problem in much more realistic and pragmatic terms than we were willing to do before, so we can all ally ourselves against the real danger, which is Iran."
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