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November 30, 2008 Clip No. 1935

Lebanon's Taekwondo Champion Mustafa Najjar Learns Hebrew and Vows to Destroy Israel

Following are excerpts from an interview with Mustafa Najjar, Taekwondo champion of Lebanon, which aired on Al-Manar TV on November 30, 3008:

Interviewer: Mustafa, you told me earlier that in addition to Taekwondo, you learned a foreign language. Which language?

Mustafa Najjar: Hebrew.

Interviewer: What motivated you to learn Hebrew?

Mustafa Najjar: This is the age of knowledge, the age of culture. After all, this is the language of our enemy, and we should learn it. Just like in the Israeli army they learn Arabic, we should learn Hebrew. Secondly, this is a nice, easy, and very simple language.

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Interviewer: Would you like to convey a message to the Israeli enemy, especially in light of its siege of the Gaza Strip?

Mustafa Najjar: I'd like to say to the Israeli enemy...

Interviewer: Say it in Hebrew, and then we will translate it into Arabic.

Mustafa Najjar: No problem.

In Hebrew: We say to the Israeli enemy that we will fulfill the dream of the holy Imam Khomeini, and will destroy Israel with our resistance, our missiles, and our army, under the flag of the leader of the resistance, Mr. Hassan Nasrallah.


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