Palestinians cheer Saddam
Thousands of Palestinians rallied for Saddam Hussein, urging him to “burn Tel Aviv.” Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip poured out of mosques last Friday carrying pictures of the Iraqi dictator and reviving a 1991 cheer, “Our beloved Saddam, hit Tel Aviv,” the Jerusalem Post reported.
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