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Tehran, April 5, IRNA -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said here Friday that the Zionist regime, backed by the US administration, is currently engaged in creating one of the deepest human catastrophes in the history of mankind inside occupied Palestine and encouraged the Arab and Islamic countries to launch an oil embargo against Israel and its allies and supporters.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that his proposed oil embargo, that is similar to the United states usage of wheat as a strategic weapon, does not necessarily have to last for good, and can be applied "symbolically" and merely for one month.
The Iranian leader also praised Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's decision not to yield to the Zionists' pressure, and to resist until probable martyrdom.
During the fist sermon of Tehran's Friary Prayer, performed at the central campus of Tehran University for thousands of worshipers, which was led by Ayatollah Khamenei this week, the leader also evaluated the intensity and depth of the ongoing Israeli crimes as "rarely-precedented" and asked the Islamic world nations to support the oppressed Palestinian nation financially.
The leader further reiterated: "the Zionist regime, as the symbol of blood-thirstiness, barbarianism, and observing nonchalance towards all rules of ethics and human rights is standing on one side (of the Middle East crisis) and the desperate, brave and oppressed Palestinian nation, on the other side."
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the reality of the ongoing crisis in occupied Palestine is that a well-arrayed nation (the Palestinians), is bravely defending against the usurpers of their motherland.
Inviting the global community and the world's collective conscience to have an unbiased judgment about the ongoing realities in Palestine, the ayatollah emphasized: "although the Zionists have exerted their hegemony over most of the world news media, even the limited and censored portrait of the ongoing crisis there, which depicts merely bits and pieces of the horrendous reality in Palestine today, can help the global conscience reach a just judgment on the issue."
Inviting the world Christians to voice their collective objection towards the Zionist military incursion into the holy Beit Lahm (Bethelhem) Church during which a priest was killed, Ayatollah Khamenei added: "Palestine issue is not merely an Islamic issue, but one with global dimensions in which humanity of the whole mankind is at stake, and therefore, any human being is entitled to judge and react about it, relying on human ethics and values."
Referring to the stands adopted by the European Union and other world countries against the moves made by the Zionist regime, the leader said: "despite the collective global reaction, the US administration has thus far adopted the worst possible stands, defending the crimes and military operations of the Zionist army."
Quoting the US President (George W. Bush) in his last night address, in which he has asked the Zionist regime to halt constructing ionist townships inside Palestinian territories, the leader said: "while fully supporting the Zionists, and in order to partly adjust he US official stand, this person (Bush) also asks for Israeli army's retreat from the recently occupied Palestinian territories, while everyone know that the wild beasts ruling the Zionist regime will never heed such remarks the slightest bit."
Turning the focus of attention to some of the other decisions made by President Bush, Ayatollah Khamenei singled out the US decision to exit the global environmental treaty, that country's leaving the Anti-Ballistic Missiles (ABM) treaty, daily threatening and continuous humiliation of the world nations, and inviting the Western governments to join a coalition against the Eastern nations and the world Muslims.
The Iranian supreme leader further elaborated: "the stands adopted by the US president (thus far) have all been in direct contrast with global peace, and we must think and realize which hands behind the scene direct him and the other US authorities (in that direction).
Singling out (US President) George (W.) Bush's stand where he labels the Palestinian nation as "terrorists" and justifies the Zionist regime's military incursions as "self-defense," the Iranian leader asked the global community, "Which one do you think is a terrorist: a nation that is fed up with daily oppression and mass murder of its members by the usurpers of its motherland, dedicating its best youth in the path of struggle (for liberty) and martyrdom; or, the occupying Zionist regime that has blocked all the ways ahead of that oppressed nation and destroys their houses over their heads every day, using tanks, warplanes, and missiles, turning more and more Palestinians into homeless refugees?"
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to continuous approvals of the Zionists' crimes by (various) US administrations, reiterating: "had it not been due to the green light of the US administration, the Zionist regime would have never dared to create the current catastrophic conditions, and that is why the US administration shares the responsibility for all the crimes committed by the Israeli army these days."
He said that Intifada is "the self-motivated uprising of a nation," adding, "no one can attribute that issue to (the interference of) another government or nation, because the Palestinian nation has rushed to confront the Zionist regime relying on its own dignity, self-esteem, and conscience."
Ruling out numerous accusations of the US president against Iran and a few other countries regarding interference in Palestinian issue, the leader added: "adopting such stands merely leads to global wrath and hatred against (the United States of) America and today there is no country as hated as America throughout the Islamic world."
Ayatollah Khamenei further justified: "that is a fact crystallized in the enthusiastic support of the world nations for the Palestinians, and their wrath towards the Zionists and their supporters, which is easy to understand."
The leader said that the logic based on which the US foreign policy is designed is that country's (military) power, adding: "earlier (in world history, Adolf) Hitler intended to do the same, but both the crushing defeat of Nazism, and the shameful defeat of (the United States of) America in Vietnam, have proven the fact that relying on gun power results in nothing, but defeat and
self-humiliation."
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the resolute will and strong belief of nations (in God) has been the source of invulnerability of nations during the course of the history, adding: "God's (immense) power is the major support for the the nations' power, and anyone wishing to challenge the nations' will and power will be crushed and annihilated, and that will be the doomed end for (the United States of) America.
Iran's supreme leader further said: "the inescapable aftermath of the ongoing events inside the occupied Palestine is definitely a crushing defeat for the Zionist regime, and such combatant Palestinian organizations as Hamas, Fatah, the People's Front for Liberation of Palestine, the Islamic Jihad and other groups have rightly realized the fact that the enemy is impotent in the face of their
martyrdom-seeking (moves)."
He described (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat's announcement that he is ready to embrace martyrdom as "an appropriate stand" reiterating: "the whole Palestinian nation has chosen the path of martyrdom, and I hope the authorities of the Palestinian self-rule, too, would stick tight to that stand and never yield (to the enemies' demands)."
Referring to the Zionist regime's total nonchalance towards international norms and the U.N. (Security Council) resolutions, Ayatollah Khamenei evaluated any kind of negotiation with that regime as "futile" and "a move in the wrong direction."
He said: "the present condition in Ramallah and (Israel's) attack against the Palestinian Authority headquarters there are samples of Israel's total indifference and lack of responsibility towards the agreements it has previously signed, and therefore, talking with them will bear no fruit in the future either."
Stressing once again on Iran's formerly proposed solution for the Middle East crisis through staging a referendum in which all real residents of Palestine would participate, the ayatollah said: "all Palestinian refugees should return to their motherland, and then, all the members of the Palestinian nation, including the Muslims, the Christians and the Jews would choose the type of their desired
political system."
Ayatollah Khamenei added: "this proposal is based on the soul of democracy and the rules of human rights, is quite logical, and very practical, and therefore, I encourage all Arab and Islamic countries, as well as all other world nations, governments, and global communities to aim at its realization."
Criticizing the weak outcome of the recent Beirut Arab Summit, as well as the Kuala Lumpur OIC ministerial summit, the Iranian leader once again called upon the Arab and Islamic nation to launch an oil embargo against Israel and the countries that have friendly relations with the Zionist regime.
Referring to the US governments' use of wheat and other food stuff as strategic weapons, the leader proposed: "if the Islamic countries would similarly and in response (to Zionists' crimes) take advantage of this means (oil embargo), and only for one single month, in order to prove their real support for the Palestinian nation, stop exporting their oil to Israel and its allies and friends, it (their decision in this regard) would shake the whole world."
Among the other effective measures that "the Islamic world should seriously consider," Ayatollah Khamenei referred to severing all political and economic ties with the Zionist regime, reiterating: "such moves would be cherished by the nations and those governments that would adopt them will be supported by their nations, just as those who have covert relations with the occupiers of Palestine
seriously enrage their nations."
Stressing on the need for active participation of the United nations and the human rights activists and organizations' providing monetary, food, and medical assistance for the Palestinian nation urgently, the leader said: "the Iranian nation has always voluntarily pioneered supporting and assisting the oppressed Palestinian nation.
Ayatollah Khamenei said: "today, if any Muslim in the world would contribute only 1,000 toomans (about one US dollar and twenty cents) to the Palestinian cause, a huge capital would be acquired for that oppressed nation.'
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