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Pakistani defense minister deletes X post calling ‘cancerous’ Israel ‘a curse for humanity’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has deleted a post on X in which he called Israel “a curse for humanity.”
The post published Thursday sparked outcry in Jerusalem, which said it called into question Pakistan’s ability to mediate between the US and Iran.
In the since deleted post, Asif wrote that as “peace talks are underway in Islamabad, genocide is being committed in Lebanon. Innocent citizens are being killed by Israel, first Gaza, then Iran and now Lebanon, bloodletting continues unabated. I hope and pray people who created this cancerous state on Palestinian land to get rid of European jews [sic] burn in hell.”
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