Leader: US ‘definite accomplice’ in Israeli crimes in Gaza
Global disgust at Israel contrasts sharply with UNSC’s inaction: Raisi
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the United States is a “definite accomplice” in the Zionist regime’s crimes against the people of the Gaza Strip.
He made the remarks during a meeting with members of the Lorestan Province’s Martyrs Commemoration Congress on Wednesday, according to Press TV.
Ayatollah Khamenei further said the US is somehow involved in crimes that Israel commits against Palestinians in Gaza.
“The presence of the heads of the oppressive and villainous states in the occupied territories shows their concern about the disintegration of the Zionist regime,” the Leader added, referring to Western leaders’ trips to the Israeli-occupied territories to reaffirm their support for the regime.
“Islamic governments should not be passive in the face of criminals. Victory certainly belongs to
Palestine.”
He described as “decisive” and “irreparable” the blow dealt to the usurping entity by Palestinian fighters in their October 7 raid, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm. Ayatollah Khamenei said that Gaza is now “the scene of innocence on the one hand and strength on the other hand.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said the “injured” and “worn-out” Israeli regime is taking revenge against the people of Gaza for the decisive blow it received from Palestinian fighters.
“Yes, the people of Gaza are really oppressed, and this ruthless and bloodthirsty enemy, the usurping terrorist regime, knows no boundaries to crimes. It kills a thousand people in one bombardment,” the Leader asserted.
He added, “US hands are drenched with the blood of the oppressed, the children, the patients, the women….”
“Undoubtedly, however, all these cruelties and crimes will ultimately lead nowhere, and victory belongs to the Palestinian nation in this [battle] and the future [battles], despite all the support from the world’s villains and the Americans’ definite complicity in the Zionists’ crimes,” he emphasized.
Ayatollah Khamenei noted that the leaders of the US, Britain, France, and Germany have paid solidarity visits to the occupied territories and provided Israel with bombs and other weapons in a bid to rescue the regime.
The extent and depth of Israel’s repeated crimes, he pointed out, shook the public conscience in the US, Europe, Muslim countries, and other regions of the world.
“The self-proclaimed advocates of freedom and human rights in Europe have banned pro-Palestine demonstrations, but people come to the streets in defiance of these bans and shout their anger, fury, and distress of conscience,” he said.
“No one will be able to stop nations from reacting to the Zionists’ brutalities.”
Raisi raps UNSC’s inaction
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi highlighted the unprecedented disgust and hatred expressed by the people of the world for the recent crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza, and contrasted it with the inaction of the United Nations Security Council in condemning those crimes.
Speaking at the meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday morning, he stressed the necessity of passing a resolution that condemns Israel’s heinous crimes in the United Nations General Assembly. Raisi described Israel’s continuous killing of defenseless, innocent women and children in the Gaza Strip as a great tragedy for mankind.
“Now that the unjust world order is threatening the normal course of life and the security and peace of all the people of the world, it is the duty of everyone, including the free people, intellectuals, and non-governmental organizations, to use all in their power to declare their disgust and condemn the crimes of the Zionist regime and the unjust world order that supports it,” he asserted.
In describing the unjust world order, the president specifically referred to the steps taken by Western countries regarding the indiscriminate killing in Gaza, and said, “These countries are not only encouraging this regime to commit crimes and massacres in Gaza by staying silent on the crimes of the Zionist regime, but they are also practically complicit in killing the defenseless and oppressed women and children of Gaza since they send equipment to the cruel regime.”
Referring to the unprecedented disgust and hatred of the world public opinion for the crimes of the Zionist regime and the inaction of the United Nations Security Council in this regard, the president considered it necessary to pass a resolution condemning these crimes in the United Nations General Assembly.
Speaking at a meeting with the foreign minister of Niger, Bakary Yaou Sangaré, the Iranian president recalled the hegemonic actions of Western countries throughout the contemporary history of the world.
Raisi described the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and the support of Western countries for these crimes as the true face of the racism and colonialism of Westerners in the recent era.