In an editorial by editor Isam Dari, the Syrian government daily Teshreen criticized the world leaders who attended Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations, saying that by coming to Israel, the leaders of imperialist countries such as Britain, France, the U.S., and Germany wanted to underline that they were continuing their protection of the "poisonous mushroom that they planted in the Arab garden, which aims to destroy it and to spread chaos and terror in the region."
Dari added that the Crusader experience had proved that those who owned the land and the rights "would sooner or later uproot the poisonous mushroom," which, he said, explained the fear dominating the Zionists and their attempts to persuade the world leaders that Israel is an existing fact even though that is not how things are.
Source: Teshreen, Syria, May 14, 2008
