Supreme Leader: Holding Referendum Solution to Palestinian Issue

Navideshahed – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed that the solution to the Palestinian issue is to hold a referendum in which people of Palestinian origin and of any faith — whether Muslim, Christian, or Jewish — would take part and declare their view about all Palestinian lands.

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يکشنبه - ۰۵ ارديبهشت ۲۰۲۰ / 2020 05 February

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in an address to a group of Iranians hailing from various walks of life in Tehran on Wednesday, a week after Trump unveiled the controversial scheme, which he calls the "deal of the century.”

The Leader said, "The Americans are taking comfort in the belief that choosing a big name for the plot against the Palestinian nation will help it to succeed.” This is while this "foolish and evil” scheme "has been working to their own detriment from the very beginning.”

The Leader emphasized that the plan is doomed to die even before Trump’s own death, adding that Washington’s push "will definitely end in failure.”

Ayatollah Khamenei further downplayed the warm reception of the plot by some "perfidious” Arab rulers, who are unpopular at home and have lost face among their own peoples, adding that such a show of support does not bear any significance.

"The Americans have made a deal with the Zionists over something that is not theirs [to give away in the first place]. Palestine belongs to Palestinians, and making decisions concerning it is exclusive to them,” the Leader stated.

Referring to Washington and Tel Aviv, the Leader said, "Who are you to make decisions for other people's lands and homes? This indicates your evilness, cunning, and malevolent nature.”

Ayatollah Khamenei reassured that Trump’s scheme contrarily does Washington disservice and serves instead to revive the issue of Palestine, the Leader said, according to Press TV.

The Leader said the world’s arrogant powers will, however, attempt to push the plan through by relying on force and money, and that the Palestinian nation and all Palestinian factions and organizations should dedicate themselves to resisting America and Israel. The entire Muslim world should in turn back up that struggle, Ayatollah Khamenei said.

The Leader said the geographical expanse of countries involved in resistance was increasingly widening in the West Asia region.

Ayatollah Khamenei said armed Palestinian resistance organizations will keep up their struggle and that the Islamic Republic considers it an obligation to support those groups "and will thus support them in whatever manner and to whatever extent it can.”

The Leader said the solution to the Palestinian issue is to hold a referendum in which people of Palestinian origin and of any faith — whether Muslim, Christian, or Jewish — would take part and declare their view about all Palestinian lands.

The Leader’s speech coincided with the fourth day of the Decade of Dawn. The ten-day annual celebrations commemorate the same period in 1979 that began with the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini’s return from exile to Iran and culminated in the Islamic Revolution against the US-backed Pahlavi regime.

Ayatollah Khamenei further downplayed the warm reception of the plot by some "perfidious” Arab rulers, who are unpopular at home and have lost face among their own peoples, adding that such a show of support does not bear any significance.

"The Americans have made a deal with the Zionists over something that is not theirs [to give away in the first place]. Palestine belongs to Palestinians, and making decisions concerning it is exclusive to them,” the Leader stated.

Referring to Washington and Tel Aviv, the Leader said, "Who are you to make decisions for other people's lands and homes? This indicates your evilness, cunning, and malevolent nature.”

Ayatollah Khamenei reassured that Trump’s scheme contrarily does Washington disservice and serves instead to revive the issue of Palestine, the Leader said.

The Leader said the world’s arrogant powers will, however, attempt to push the plan through by relying on force and money, and that the Palestinian nation and all Palestinian factions and organizations should dedicate themselves to resisting America and Israel. The entire Muslim world should in turn back up that struggle, Ayatollah Khamenei said.

The Leader said the geographical expanse of countries involved in resistance was increasingly widening in the West Asia region.

Ayatollah Khamenei said armed Palestinian resistance organizations will keep up their struggle and that the Islamic Republic considers it an obligation to support those groups "and will thus support them in whatever manner and to whatever extent it can.”

The Leader said the solution to the Palestinian issue is to hold a referendum in which people of Palestinian origin and of any faith — whether Muslim, Christian, or Jewish — would take part and declare their view about all Palestinian lands.

The Leader’s speech coincided with the fourth day of the Decade of Dawn. The ten-day annual celebrations commemorate the same period in 1979 that began with the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini’s return from exile to Iran and culminated in the Islamic Revolution against the US-backed Pahlavi regime