The Office of the Supreme Leader

The televised speech on the International Quds Day

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, the seal of the prophets, the most honourable of all creation, and upon his pure family, and his chosen companions, and those who follow them in goodness until the Day of Judgment.

The issue of Palestine is still the most essential and living issue of the Islamic nation. The policies of the tyrannical capitalist system have cut off the hand of a nation from its home, from its ancestral homeland. In it, it has established a terrorist regime with foreign residents.

What is weaker and more baseless than the empty logic of the establishment of the Zionist regime? The Europeans claim to have oppressed the Jewish people during the years of World War II, so the Jewish people must be avenged by displacing a nation in West Asia and committing atrocities in that country.

Logically, the Western governments have relied on it with their unrelenting and insane support for the Zionist regime, thus violating all their false claims about human rights and democracy. This funny and crying story has been going on for more than seventy years, and every now and then, more leaves are added to it.

The Zionists have turned occupied Palestine into a base of terrorism from day one. Israel is not a country but a terrorist garrison against the Palestinian people and other Muslim nations. The fight against this wretched regime is the fight against oppression and the fight against terrorism; And this is a public duty.

It is noteworthy that although the usurper government was established in 1948, the preparations for encroaching on this sensitive point in the Islamic region began many years earlier. These years coincide with the active intervention of the West in Islamic countries to rule secularism, extremist and blind nationalism, and bring to authoritarian power states fascinated or manipulated by the West.

A study of the events of those years in Iran and Turkey and the Arab countries of West Asia to North Africa reveals the bitter truth that weakness and division in the Muslim nation paved the way for the catastrophic catastrophe of the usurpation of Palestine and this blow to the Islamic nation was from the world of arrogance.

It is instructive that at that time, both camps of capitalism and communism were united with the Zionist Korahs; Britain planned and pursued the principle of the conspiracy, which the Zionist capitalists carried out with money and weapons. The Soviet Union was the first government to formalize the establishment of an illegitimate government and to send large numbers of Jews there.

The usurping regime was the product of that situation in the Islamic world on the one hand and this European conspiracy and aggression on the other.

Today, the world is no longer what it used to be. We must always keep this fact in mind. Today, the balance of power has shifted in favour of the Islamic world. Various political and social events in Europe and the United States exposed the Occident's profound structural, managerial, and moral weaknesses.

Election cases in the United States and the scandalous test of their pretentious and arrogant executives, as well as the failed one-year confrontation with a pervasive corona in the United States and Europe and its embarrassing fringes, and the recent political and social turmoil in major European countries are all signs of decline in the west camp.

On the other hand, the growth of resistance forces in the most sensitive Islamic regions, the development of their defence and offensive capabilities, the growth of self-awareness and motivation and hope in Muslim nations, the growth of Islamic and Qur'anic slogans, the growth of science, the development of independence and self-reliance in nations are blessed signs which promise a better future.

In this blessed future, the augmentation of Muslim countries must be a significant goal, and this does not seem far off. The issue of Palestine is at the heart of this increase, which means the whole country and the fate of the Holy Quds. This is the truth that led the enlightened heart of the great Imam Khomeini (may God have mercy on him) to announce the International Day of Quds on the last Friday of Ramadan.

The rise of Muslims on the axis of Holy Quds is the nightmare of the Zionist enemy and its American and European supporters. The failed plan of the "deal of the century" and then the attempt to normalize the relations of several weak Arab states with the usurping regime are desperate attempts to escape that nightmare.

I say firmly: these efforts will not succeed; The downward and declining movement of the Zionist enemy regime has begun and will not stop.

Two important factors determine the future: first - and most important of all - the continuation of resistance within the Palestinian territories and the strengthening of the line of jihad and martyrdom. Second, the global support of Muslim governments and nations around the world for the Palestinian Mujahedeen.

We politicians, intellectuals, religious scholars, parties and groups, zealous youth and others - must find our place in this global movement and play a role.

This is what invalidates the enemy's con, and for this divine promise: "Do they seek to outmanoeuvre [Allah]? But it is faithless who are the outmanoeuvred ones", creates an example of the end of time; "Allah has [full] command of His affairs, but most people do not know."

Peace be upon you, and God's mercy be upon you.

I want to speak a little to the Arab youth in their language.

Arabic translation:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Greetings to all the Arab freedom fighters, especially the youth, and greetings to the resilient people of Palestine and Jerusalem and those guarding and protecting Al-Aqsa Mosque!

Greetings to the martyrs of the resistance and the great number of Mujahedeen who sacrificed their lives in this way; Especially the martyrs Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and the martyr Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, martyrs Fathi Shaqaqi, martyr Emad Mughniyeh and the martyr Abdul Aziz Rantisi and the martyr Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes and finally the prominent figure of the martyrs of the resistance, Martyr Qasim Soleimani whom all through their martyrdom left something important in the resistance environment.

The struggle of the Palestinians and the pure blood of the martyrs of the resistance have been able to raise this blessed flag and increase the inner strength of the Palestinian jihad hundreds of times; before, a young Palestinian man defended himself by throwing stones, and today he responds to the enemy by launching the most precise missile.

Palestine and Jerusalem are referred to in the Holy Qur'an as the "Holy Land". For decades, the most impure and evil human beings; Demons who massacre honourable people and then shamelessly confess to it.

The racists who have tormented the land owners with murder, looting, imprisonment and torture for more than seventy years, but thank God they have not been able to subdue their will.

Palestine is alive and continuing the jihad, and with God's help, it will finally be able to defeat the evil enemy. Holy Quds and all Palestine belong to its people and will return to them, God willing; "And this is not difficult for God".

In the case of Palestine, all Muslim states and nations have duties and responsibilities. Still, the focus of the struggle is the Palestinians themselves, who today number about fourteen million inside and outside the country. The unity and determination of this group will be able to do a great job. Today, unity is the greatest weapon of the Palestinians.

The enemies of Palestinian unity are the Zionist regime and the United States, and some other political powers. Still, if the Palestinian community is not disintegrated from within, the external enemies will not be able to do anything. The axis of this unity must be internal jihad and distrust of the enemies. The main enemy of the Palestinians, namely the United States and Britain, and the evil Zionists should not be the basis of Palestinian politics.

The Palestinians - whether in Gaza, Jerusalem or the West Bank, in the 1948 territories or even in the camps - all form a unit and must pursue a strategy of cohesion; Each section must defend the other areas and use the tools at its disposal when pressing them.

The hope for victory is greater today than ever.The balance of power has shifted dramatically in favour of the Palestinians; The Zionist enemy has become weaker year by year. Calling itself an "army that will never be defeated," its army has today become an army that "will not see the colour of victory" after 33 days of experience in Lebanon and 22 days and eight days of experience in Gaza.

Its political situation, which inevitably results in four elections in two years, its security situation, which has consistently failed, and the growing desire of Jews to reverse emigration, have been the cause of scandal for that pretentious regime. The continued US-assisted attempt to normalize relations with several Arab countries is another sign of the regime's weakness; Surely, this will not help it. This regime established relations with Egypt decades ago; Since then, the Zionist regime has become much more vulnerable and weak. As far as this goes, will relations with a few weak and despicable countries be able to help it? Of course, those countries will not benefit from this relationship either; The Zionist enemy will seize their property and land and spread corruption and insecurity among them.

Of course, these facts should not make others neglect their heavy duty towards this movement; Muslim and Christian scholars should declare normalization as unlawful, and intellectuals and freedmen should explain to everyone the consequences of this betrayal, which is a dagger to Palestine from behind.

At the opposite end of the regime's decline, the rise of the resistance front is a harbinger of a bright future: Increased defence and military power, self-sufficiency in building effective weapons, the self-confidence of the Mujahedeen, increasing self-awareness of the youth, expansion of the circle of resistance throughout Palestine and beyond, the recent uprising of the youth in defence of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the simultaneous reflection of the struggle and oppression In public view in many parts of the world.

The logic of the Palestinian struggle, which the Islamic Republic in UN documents has documented, is also progressive and attractive. Palestinian militants can hold a referendum on all major Palestinian residents. The referendum will determine the country's political system and will be attended by key residents of all ethnicities and religions, including Palestinian refugees; That political system returns the displaced and determines the fate of the settled foreigners.

This demand is based on the prevailing democracy that is accepted in the world, and no one can undermine its progress. The Palestinian Mujahedeen must continue their legitimate and moral struggle against the usurping regime until it is forced to accept this demand.

In the name of God, move forward and know that "surely God helps the one whom helps [religion] ".