Palestinian state must encompass entire homeland: parliament speakers

TEHRAN, Oct.3 (MNA) – The parliamentary officials who participated in the 5th International Conference in Support for Palestine’s Intifada in Tehran issued a statement on Sunday, in which they called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all of the occupied territories.

The top lawmakers also insisted on the need to boycott Israeli goods and prevent any measures which would strengthen the Zionist regime.

Following are excerpts of the statement:

The Palestinian issue is a main issue and is the foremost of all issues facing the Middle East. Therefore, Muslim governments, Islamic parliaments, parties, and organizations and all freethinkers in the world should adopt a united stance on the issue and pool their efforts to help restore the historic, national, and legal rights of the resistant nation of Palestine so that the Palestinian land would be liberated and an independent and united Palestinian government would be established on all the Palestinian territory, with the holy Qods as its capital.

The parliamentary committee condemns the warmongering and the naked aggression of Israel against the Palestinian nation in the occupied territories and the Gaza Strip in blatant violation of international law and believes that these anti-human actions are clear examples of criminal actions against humanity and that the criminal officials of the Zionist regime should be put on trial.

The parliamentary committee condemns any measure meant to partition the Palestinian territory… and any effort in line with (the process of) Judization of the holy Qods and calls on everyone, particularly the world’s religious leaders, to condemn the Zionist regime’s actions given the respect that all divine religions have paid to this city due to its holiness.

Everyone acknowledges the necessity to boycott Israeli goods and prevent any measures which would strengthen this fake regime. All Muslim countries are demanded to pay serious attention to the issue and take measures necessary to prevent imports of Israeli goods.

The parliamentary committee denounces the aggressive behavior of the Zionist regime (which was shown) in the abduction and incarceration of a large number of the elected representatives of the Palestinian nation and calls for their immediate release and a guarantee for the free movement of other members of the parliament in the West Bank. All international organizations should fulfill their responsibilities in this regard.

The parliaments of Muslim countries and representatives on the committee emphasize that international and parliamentary potentials should be utilized to make the voice of the oppressed nation of Palestine heard in the world, and the necessary atmosphere should be created to restore the rights of this nation.

The members of the parliamentary committee agreed to take measures necessary to ratify national laws in support of Palestine.

The parliamentary committee would like to thank the Arab Republic of Egypt for the measures it took to open the Rafah border crossing and (it) asks the respected president of the conference to pursue the issue of (organizing) a trip by a parliamentary committee to the Gaza Strip to express solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian people of Gaza and make the necessary preparations.

The members of the parliamentary committee agreed to work out and implement an effective mechanism to collect aid that people in different countries provide (for the Palestinians).

The parliamentary committee would like to thank the Islamic Republic of Iran for its decision to hold the conference.