Different River

”You can never step in the same river twice.” –Heraclitus

Here’s the latest from the Religion of Peace — a sermon by Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris broadcast on the Palestinian Authority’s official television station:

“With the establishment of the state of Israel, the entire Islamic nation was lost, because Israel is a cancer spreading through the body of the Islamic nation, and because the Jews are a virus resembling AIDS, from which the entire world suffers.

“You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations. . . .

“We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again. The day will come when we will rule America. The day will come when we will rule Britain and the entire world -– except for the Jews. The Jews will not enjoy a life of tranquility under our rule, because they are treacherous by nature, as they have been throughout history. The day will come when everything will be reli[e]ved of the Jews — even the stones and trees which were harmed by them. Listen to the Prophet Muhammad, who tells you about the evil end that awaits Jews. The stones and trees will want the Muslims to finish off every Jew.”

You can get the audio and video, with English captioning. If anyone speaks Arabic and can verify the translation, please post comments. But the above translation is from MEMRI, which is normally very reliable.

Eugene Volokh points out:

From what I understand, this is not some open forum in which any speaker can speak; the Authority gave the speaker, and others like him, privileged access to Palestinian television.

And Clayton Cramer comments:

I know that there are Muslims who don’t subscribe to this nonsense. But the proponents of this nonsense aren’t just a tiny fringe, either.