Palestine Belongs to Palestinians, Tehran Forum Told
TEHRAN -- Palestine belongs to Palestinians, participants in a forum dubbed Palestine’s Referendum held at Tehran’s Imam Sadeq University have said.
While many initiatives have been proposed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such as the so-called two-state solution or the so-called Deal of the Century, the Islamic Republic is calling for a referendum that allows Palestinians to decide their fate.
Since the start of the holy month of Ramadan, tensions between Palestinians and Zionists have been running high, as Israeli forces have stepped up raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque, assaulting Muslim worshipers inside prayer halls and providing protection to violent settlers desecrating Islam’s third holiest site.
Observers warn that the escalating tensions in the occupied old city of Al-Quds could lead to another full-scale conflict between Palestinian resistance forces and the occupying regime of Israel.
The event in Tehran was held ahead of International Quds Day, a global pro-Palestine rally that takes place every year on the last Friday of the month of Ramadan.
The occasion seeks to bring the Palestinian cause to light with the hope to mobilize a global action against the Zionist regime’s continuous violation of Palestinian rights.
While the UN has expressed deep concern over the escalating violence against Palestinians, participants at the forum said this is not enough.
They called on the international body to avoid verbal condemnation and take action to stop the occupying regime of Israel from any further violation of security in Palestine.