Bin Laden: Arab leaders cooperated with Israel over Gaza war

Published March 14th, 2009 - 01:59 GMT

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has called Israel's offensive on Gaza Strip a "holocaust" and blamed Arab leaders for not doing enough to stop the fighting in his latest audio recording aired on Al-Jazeera.

 

Bin Laden accused some Arab countries of "collaborating" with Israel on the offensive earlier this year that killed about 1,300 Palestinians. "It has become clear that some Arab leaders were complicit with the Crusade Zionist alliance against our people. These are the leaders that America calls moderate," bin Laden said.