Iran’s Speaker Urges Int’l Reaction to zionist israel’s Judaization Attempts in Quds

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned a recent israeli Knesset bill which announced the Holy Quds as the capital of the zionist regime, and called on the international community to break silence and give a resolute response to Tel Aviv’s illegal and aggressive move.

“zionists’ continued attacks on the innocent Palestinian people’s holy Muslim and Christian sanctities under the silence and inaction of the international community and (the support provided by) the regime’s international backers have emboldened the zionist regime’s Knesset to present a plan to announce the Holy Quds as an indispensible Jewish capital,” Larijani said in a message to his counterparts throughout the world.

He called the move as part of israel’s policy of occupation and racism, and described it as a flagrant violation of the rights of an occupied nation and a clear insult to the sanctities and sanctuaries of divine religions.

“In fact, the new aggression of the zionists is the result of the international community’s years of ignorance towards the zionist regimes’ occupation of Palestine and violation of human rights,” Larijani stated, and warned that Tel Aviv is seeking to change the identity of the sanctuaries of divine religions.

On Sunday, Iran strongly condemned an Israeli Knesset decision to Judaize the Holy Quds (Jerusalem), and called it a violation of the Palestinian nation’s historical and eternal rights.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast in a statement on Sunday strongly rejected the Zionist regime’s parliament ratification which called the Holy Quds as the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that this dangerous trend is another step towards the full Judaization of Islamic sanctities and once again demonstrates the Zionist regime’s racist nature and desecration of the sanctuaries of divine religions,” Mehman-Parast said.

He added that the decision also shows that Tel Aviv is confident about the silence of the world community and the lack of proper practical reaction by the regional countries to such moves.

Mehman-Parast also called on the entire international and regional bodies and organization, including the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), to give a resolute response to Tel Aviv’s act which is also a violation of human rights.

On November 1, israel’s inner cabinet had decided to speed up construction of homes for Jews in Arab East Quds (Jerusalem) and in other nearby settlements to punish the Palestinians for winning membership in the UN cultural agency, UNESCO.

Since then, israel has issued announcements for 2,057 new homes in Arab East Quds and 1,241 in the West Bank, official figures show.

At least 200,000 israelis live in a dozen settlement neighborhoods in East Quds (Jerusalem), which was captured by israel in 1967 and annexed in an illegal, aggressive move never recognized internationally.

The Palestinians see the Holy Quds as the capital of their promised state and oppose any attempt to extend israel’s control over the part of the city that was captured in the 1967 Six Day War.