Iranian Speaker: Palestinians in Dire Need of Unity

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned of Israeli plots to sow discord among Palestinian groups and Muslims, and said Palestinians need unity more than ever now.
Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with representatives of different Palestinian groups residing in Beirut on Monday.

“Combination of the conditions in the region and specially in the Islamic countries shows that the Palestinians are today more than ever before in need of unity among themselves and with the Islamic Ummah,” he said.

“All those Palestinian groups that sometimes have disputed relations with each other should keep in mind that only the Zionist regime takes advantage of such disputes, as it is that regime that intends to Judaize the entire Palestine, including the holy Qods,” Larijani said.

In a relevant development on Monday, Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement Ramazan Abdullah and Larijani in a meeting in Beirut discussed bilateral ties and regional developments.

During the meeting in the Lebanese capital, Larijani and Abdullah exchanged views on the latest developments in the region.

Late in August 2012, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei asked participants in the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran to pay special attention to the Palestinian issue, and called on the American backers of the Israeli regime to accept Iran’s proposal for holding a referendum in Palestine.

The Leader reminded the Zionists’ bloody occupation of Palestine over 6 decades ago, and blamed the Zionist regime for waging various wars, massacre and state-sponsored terrorism in the last decades.

He blamed the western world for supporting and defending the Zionist regime of Israel against the oppressed Palestinian nation.

The leader further renewed Iran’s solution to the Palestinian issue, calling for a “comprehensive referendum to be attended by all the indigenous residents of Palestine, including those refugees who have been away from their motherland for decades to determine the country’s fate”.

The Iranian supreme leader cautioned the US against the continue support and defense for the Zionist regime of Israel, reminding that decade-long support for the Israeli regime has incurred many costs and losses on the American people.

The leader called on the White House leaders to revise their Middle-East policy and “show courage and opt for the referendum solution” presented by Iran to put an end to the astronomical spending that has been inflicted on the American nation for its support for the Zionist regime of Israel.

To conclude his remarks, he urged for collective management of global issues, asking the NAM member states “not to be afraid of the bullying powers and remain loyal to their own causes”.

He reminded failure of communism and capitalism, and said the world is pregnant to new events, saying the Islamic Awakening and the US and Israeli failures in North Africa and the Middle-East are indicative of the very same fact.