Leader: All Attempts to Normalize Ties with ‘israel’ Nullified by Recent Developments in Palestine

“The jihadi moves of the people of Palestine in the two northern and southern parts of the 1948 lands, and at the same time, the massive rallies in Jordan and Eastern Quds, the brave defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Palestinian youth, and the military maneuvers in Gaza indicate that all of Palestine has turned into an arena of resistance. At the present time, the people of Palestine are unanimous about continuing this struggle on the path of God,” Ayatollah Khamenei said on Friday on the occasion of the International Quds Day.

“These incidents and what has occurred in Palestine in recent years is a seal of annulment on all schemes for compromise with the Zionist enemy. This is because no scheme or plan about Palestine is implementable in the absence of Palestine or against the consent of its owners, the Palestinians. This means that all former agreements such as the Oslo Accord, the Arabian two-state solution, the Deal of the Century and the recent humiliating attempts for the normalization of relations have been nullified,” he underscored.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran advocates and supports the camp of Resistance. It advocates and supports the Palestinian Resistance. We have always said this, we have always acted on this, and we have stood by it. We condemn the treacherous move to normalize relations [with the Zionist regime]. We condemn the policy of a normalization of relations. Some Arab governments have asked the US to accelerate the matter of solving the Palestinian issue. If they mean that before the US leaves the region it should remove any obstacle standing in the way of the Zionist regime, then first of all, they have behaved treacherously and have brought disgrace to the Arab world. Secondly, they have been naïve since this is a case of the blind leading the blind,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

“Once more, Quds Day has arrived. Holy Quds calls all Muslims in the world. The truth is that as long as the usurping, criminal Zionist regime is dominating over Quds, all days of the year should be considered to be Quds Day. Holy Quds is the heart of Palestine, and the entire occupied country of Palestine, from river to the sea, is a continuation of Quds. The Palestinian nation is showing every day that it has stood up and will stand up against the oppressor with an exemplary courage. The Palestinian youth have acted as a defensive shield for Palestine with their self-sacrificing activities and they are harbingers of a different future.”

Everything is signaling a new equation in Palestine’s present and future. Today, an “invincible willpower” in Palestine and throughout West Asia has replaced the “invincible army” of the Zionists. Today, that criminal army has been forced to turn its aggressive formation into a defensive one. In the political arena today, the most important supporter of that usurping regime, the United States of America, has suffered consecutive defeats. It has been defeated in the war in Afghanistan, defeated in its maximum pressure policy against the Islamic Republic of Iran, defeated in the face of Asian powers, defeated in trying to control the economy of the world, and defeated in the internal management of its own country and managing the phenomenon of the deep rift that has come about in the US establishment, he added.

“The usurping Zionist regime is wallowing in a convoluted network of problems in both political and military arenas. The former butcher and criminal, who was at the top of that regime, was thrown into the dustbin of history following the epic at Saif al-Quds. Every hour his current successors await the sharp blade of another epic. The activities in Jenin have enraged the Zionist regime to the point of madness. This is while 20 years ago, the usurping regime killed 200 people in the Jenin refugee camp in response to the death of a few Zionists in Nahariya, with the purpose of forever concluding the Jenin matter.”

“Polls show that almost 70% of the Palestinians in the 1948 and 1967 lands and in the surrounding camps encourage the Palestinian leaders to carry out attacks on the Zionist regime. This is an important phenomenon because it signifies the complete preparedness of the Palestinians to confront the usurping regime and it provides the mujahid organizations with the freedom to take military action whenever they deem necessary,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.

“The jihadi moves of the people of Palestine in the two northern and southern parts of the 1948 lands, and at the same time, the massive rallies in Jordan and Eastern Quds, the brave defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Palestinian youth, and the military maneuvers in Gaza indicate that all of Palestine has turned into an arena of resistance. At the present time, the people of Palestine are unanimous about continuing this struggle on the path of God.”

“These incidents and what has occurred in Palestine in recent years is a seal of annulment on all schemes for compromise with the Zionist enemy. This is because no scheme or plan about Palestine is implementable in the absence of Palestine or against the consent of its owners, the Palestinians. This means that all former agreements such as the Oslo Accord, the Arabian two-state solution, the Deal of the Century and the recent humiliating attempts for the normalization of relations have been nullified,” he said.

“Even though the Zionist regime is out of breath, it continues to commit crimes and kill innocent people with its weapons. It murders unarmed women, children, the elderly and the youth. It imprisons and tortures them, destroys houses and demolishes farms and property. The liars in Europe and the US who make extravagant claims about human rights and who created a commotion on the issue of Ukraine keep totally silent in the face of all these crimes in Palestine. Not only do they not defend the innocent people, they also help that bloodthirsty wolf.”

“This is an important lesson. Regarding the issues of the world of Islam–at the top of which stands the issue of Palestine–we cannot and must not rely on these racist, hostile powers. Only with the power that comes from resistance, which originates in the teachings of the Qur’an and which arises from the religious rulings of dear Islam can one resolve the issues of the world of Islam and the issue of Palestine, which stands at the top of all Islamic issues,” the Leader underlined.

“The formation of the Resistance in West Asia has been the most blessed phenomenon in this region in recent decades. It was the magnificence of the Resistance that was able to cleanse the occupied territories of Lebanon of the pollution of the Zionists, pull Iraq out from the clutches of the US, save Iraq from the maliciousness of the DAESH and assist Syrian defenders in the face of the US schemes. The Resistance fights against international terrorism, helps the resistant people of Yemen in the war that has been imposed on them, wrestles with the Zionist usurpers in Palestine and will bring them to their knees with God’s grace. It also highlights the issue of Quds and Palestine more and more for the people of the world to see on a daily basis.”

“You people of Palestine, you self-sacrificing youth in the West Bank and in the 1948 lands, you who are struggling for God in the Jenin refugee camp and you the residents in the Palestinian camps outside of Palestine are important, sensitive parts and pioneers of the Resistance. Greetings be upon you. Know that, ‘Verily Allah will defend those who believe’ [Holy Qur’an, 22:38], ‘But if you are patient, it will certainly be best for those who are patient’ [16:126], ‘But if you persevere patiently and guard against evil, that will be a determining factor in all affairs’ [3:186], and ‘Peace unto you for that you persevered in patience. Now how excellent is the final abode’ [13:24],” he said.

“At the end of my statements, I send my greetings upon the souls of the Palestinian martyrs. I send my regards to their patient families. I send my greetings to the Palestinians who have been taken captive and prisoner but who resist with a firm determination. I squeeze the hands of our resistant Palestinian groups who have undertaken to carry out an important part of this great responsibility. And I call on the entire world of Islam, in particular the youth, to participate in this field that brings dignity and honor. And our concluding call will be: ‘All praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’ [Holy Qur’an, 10:10],” Ayatollah Khamenei concluded.

Millions of Iranians from all walks of life took to city streets all over the country on Friday to show their full and everlasting support for the oppressed Palestinian nation against Israeli occupation and aggressions, specially its recent crimes against the Palestinians in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

People in large groups of tens of thousands in Tehran and other cities across the country converged in main city squares on the International Quds Day to condemn Israeli occupation and attacks against the fasting Muslim Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The ralliers chanted ‘death to the US’ and ‘death to Israel’ slogans and showed anger over normalization of relations between certain Arab states and Israel.

In Tehran, demonstrators congregated at the University of Tehran, the site of Friday prayers for the past four decades.

Before the start of the rallies, Iran’s new missile, named Kheybarshekan, which has a range of 1,450km and enjoys high agility and is capable of striking its designated targets with pinpoint accuracy, as well as Zelzal missile and ‘Emad-3’ long-range missile which is a new generation of surface-to-surface ballistic missiles were displayed in Tehran.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement ahead of the International Quds Day underlined that the time has come to put an end to the usurper Israeli regime.

On Thursday, the IRGC in its statement invited the Iranian people to participate in the Quds Day rallies tomorrow.

The IRGC stressed that any compromise with the Zionist Israeli regime is doomed to failure and will be an unforgivable sin.

The IRGC further said that Resistance and support for the Iran-initiated Axis of Resistance is the only solution to the Palestinian problem.

The IRGC further stressed the need to expel the occupiers and the dismantling of the Zionist regime in the occupied territories, the return of Palestinian refugees, and holding a referendum as the solutions to the Palestine issue.

The IRGC further condemned the normalization of relations with the fake and child-killing Israeli regime by some Arab states as a repetition of the great historical mistake of the traitor Anwar Sadat which is doomed to failure and unforgivable betrayal.

The statement by IRGC further noted that the Israeli regime has reached its end.

The International Quds Day is an annual event opposing Israel’s occupation of Beitul-Muqaddas. Anti-Zionist rallies and demonstrations are held on the last Friday of Ramadan in Muslim and Arab countries around the world, specially in Iran, as well as a large number of non-Muslim states.

The International Quds Day was started by the late Founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, in 1979 as a way of expressing solidarity with the Palestinians and underscoring importance of the holy Quds to Muslims.