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Satan and Jews are “two sides of same coin” says Yemeni Government minister

A senior Government minister in Yemen made a series of antisemitic statements in a speech broadcast on Yemen TV, including a claim that Israel controls the drugs trade and another that Satan and Jews were “two sides of the same coin”.

In a Friday sermon delivered in the capital, Sanaa, and broadcast on the Yemeni television station, Al-Eman, Health Minister Dr Taha Al-Mutawakkil said: “Satan and the Jews” were “two sides of the same coin.” He also said that “Jewish trade relies on sex and drug trafficking” and claimed that Israel distributes drugs to Arab and Muslim societies as part of Jewish plans to harm them.

He also said that Muslims who carry out suicide attacks against Islamic targets were “under the influence of Jewish drugs”.

In a previous Friday sermon, Dr Al-Mutawakkil reportedly suggested that the United States may be behind the COVID-19 pandemic.

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