Iranian Speaker:

US Seeking to Imprison Palestinians through Saudi Pioneering Effort

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that the US, in collaboration with the Saudis, is attempting to marginalize and confine the Palestinians in Gaza through Israeli crimes.

News ID: 69608

Date: 08 April 2018 - 14:45

"Clandestine efforts by the US and certain Arab states, such as Saudi Arabia, are underway to restrict the Palestinian nation in a corner of the West Bank, and specially in Gaza, and put an end to their issue as they themselves say, by imposing hardship on the oppressed Palestinian people and stirring chaos in the region," Larijani said, addressing an open session of the parliament in Tehran on Sunday.

It seems that the Saudis want to play a pioneering role in this plot through their attempts to legitimize the Zionist regime, he said, but meantime, added that the Palestinian youth have made their dreams void and useless.

Larijani condemned Israel for killing and wounding the Palestinian people in recent days, and called on the Islamic and Arabic states to increase efforts to defend them.

Tens of Palestinians lost their lives and hundreds of others sustained injuries late last month when Israeli military forces opened fire on thousands of protesters who had flocked to a sit-in near the Gaza border.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held the Israeli regime accountable for the deaths of the Palestinian protesters and called on the international community to urgently intervene to “protect” the Palestinian people against Israel’s “escalating daily aggression.”

The rallies coincided with the 42nd anniversary of Land Day, which commemorates the murder of six Palestinians by Israeli forces in 1976.

Palestinians have called the rally a "peaceful demonstration" in order to raise international awareness of the plight the displaced Palestinians are struggling with and take the chance to express their anger towards the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian leaders pledged to go beyond the Gaza fence next time and surprise Israel again after massive protests near the barrier were met with fierce Israeli force.