The editor of an Arabic daily newspaper in London said he would “dance with delight” if Iranian missiles hit Israel.
“If the Iranian missiles strike Israel, by Allah, I will go to Trafalgar Square and dance with delight,” said Abd Al-Bari Atwan in an interview with the Lebanese television station ANB in June, according to The Jerusalem Post.
Bari Atwan is the editor of the Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, a pan-Arab daily he founded in 1989. He is also a commentator on Sky News and BBC News 24.
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