Once again Iran’s Supreme Leader frames the conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and other Muslim countries and Israel in terms of Islam. Yet Islamic tenets are the first element of the conflict that U.S. counterterror “experts” discount. Get the truth in The Palestinian Delusion.
“Iran’s Khamenei Says Liberating Palestine Is ‘Islamic Duty,’” Agence France-Presse, May 22, 2020:
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said it was an “Islamic duty” to fight for the “liberation of Palestine” in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with archenemy Israel.
Khamenei lashed out at Western nations and their Arab “puppets” for supporting the Jewish state, in his first-ever address marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day….
“The aim of this struggle is the liberation of the entire Palestinian land” and “the return of all Palestinians to their country,” Khamenei said in the speech broadcast live on state television.
“The policy of normalizing the presence of the Zionist regime in the region is one of the major policies of the United States of America,” he said.
“Some Arab governments in the region, which play the role of U.S. puppets, have provided the necessary preconditions for this, such as economic ties and the like; these efforts are completely fruitless and sterile.
“Everyone must fill the hand of the Palestinian fighter and strengthen his back. We will proudly do our best in this way.
“One day we realized that the only problem of the Palestinian fighter … was the lack of weapons.
“We planned” to resolve this issue, and “the result is that the balance of power in Palestine has changed: Today Gaza can stand up to the Zionist enemy’s military aggression and win.”…
Khamenei was speaking at the event for the first time in more than 30 years as supreme leader, although he has repeatedly referred to the Palestinian cause as “the main problem of the Muslim world.”…
In the tweet on Khamenei’s account, the Iranian leader was quoted as saying that “eliminating the Zionist regime doesn’t mean eliminating Jews.”…