Bahrain Minister in Surprise Tribute to Israel's Peres
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Bahrain's foreign minister paid tribute to Israel's former president Shimon Peres on Thursday, in a surprise statement that drew strong Arab criticism on social media.
"Rest in Peace President Shimon Peres, a Man of War and a Man of the still elusive Peace in the Middle East," Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter.
The response to his tweet was swift.
Like most Arab countries, Bahrain does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, and many Arabs associate Peres with the successive wars that have rocked the Middle East rather than the Oslo accords with the Palestinians that earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.
"The foreign minister is paying tribute and praying for the Zionist terrorist and the killer of children," complained former opposition lawmaker Jalal Fairooz.
Another critic, Khalil Buhazaa, tweeted: "Diplomacy does not mean rudeness."
Peres died on Wednesday aged 93 after suffering a major stroke.
He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for his role in negotiating the Oslo accords, which envisioned an independent Palestinian state.
But he is also remembered in the Arab world as the man who ordered the devastating "Grapes of Wrath" operation against Lebanon in 1996, which left 175 people dead, most of them civilians.
29 September 2016, 12:48
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Wahabi cowards pays tribute to Jews.
Just like Ibn Taymiyah and Yazid etc. paid homage to Jewish business men.
29 September 2016, 13:34
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@terr, YES you defend jews!, any sane person can appreciate that you have jewish roots.... the key question is that most jews are zionists, zionism is like nazism, criminals.
btw, Jesus was crucified by the jews and not by the Romans.... try to search not only what's under your nose.
29 September 2016, 14:19
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don't inisst, you have to look further and not copy and pasting bible's statements.
http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/jesusjew.htm
read, learn and stop defending your tribes.
29 September 2016, 14:36
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"Zionism and Jews are two different things ": you seless loser! i don't say thet jews and zionism are the same, but most jews adapted the zionism as an ideology.
"You should ask a Christian...": I dont have to ask anyone, but rfer to most studies, you narrow-minded.
now, go to pay tribute to Ibn Taymiyah and to Theodor Herzl.. for being a half wahhabi and a half jew / zionist ....LooooL
29 September 2016, 15:40
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@terr,
changing the subject that means that you've accepted my arguments, that's a good step, because living in the ignorance is a waste of time and resources for the society.....keep paying tribute to your idols above mentioned.
btw, having wahhabi and jewish roots, who is your favorite!, is Ibn Taymiyah or Theodor Herzl?
29 September 2016, 17:37
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Terrorist, you salafi wahabis are the real heretics.
Thus we have no problem watching your kind get shredded in Syria aswell.
You are the same as Zionist jews, and even worse.
So why should we cry for you, when Aleppo is bombed?
You cheered when our Mosques got bombed, so enjoy the karma ya salafi.
29 September 2016, 17:39
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Even though Palestinians are Sunnah, we support them.
Because they are fighting a battle for justice, in a land stolen from them.
Whereas you Wahabis fights for Wahabism to conquer the World.
You want to force Sharia on everyone, that is your problem and the main difference between Normal Islam and Wahabism.
29 September 2016, 14:18
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Nassrallah sent his condolences through the Russians so did Iran.
29 September 2016, 15:05
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@TERRORIST
As a Christian I can testify that your writings are absolutely exact.
I have a question for you: why as a man of great knowledge and culture do you answer the comments of illiterate and uneducated people?
They probably need many years to catch up to your level. They need to read philosophy, literature, poetry, learn music, history, theology, science, geography, astrophysics, cinema, opera, ballet...and let their women drive bicycles...
29 September 2016, 16:03
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I am always pleased to receive insults from illiterate and uneducated people.
29 September 2016, 16:12
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where are the insults here!? there are no insults, but stating the truth, i know it hurts... specially for narrow-minded ones, since their brains can't cope with the pressure...keep praying.
