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Raisi proposes referenda in countries to measure support for Palestine

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

Sun / 3 December 2023 / 10:09

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi urged different nations to hold referenda to show everyone that their people greatly support Palestine and the rights of the Palestinian people, adding that Western countries are particularly terrified of organizing such a move.

Tehran (ISNA) - The President's suggestion came during a Saturday phone discussion with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in which the two discussed a variety of issues, including Tehran-Tokyo ties and Israel's current war on Gaza.

Raisi called the Zionist regime's massacre in Gaza "the greatest humanitarian disaster in modern history" and emphasized the importance of establishing truths about the Palestinian situation.

He touched on the occupation's history of demolishing homes and killing Palestinians, as well as turning Gaza into an open-air prison in the last 75 years.

Raisi expressed that world leaders should review this past to observe the actual sufferings of the Palestinian people.

He proposed that different countries, including Japan, should hold referenda in which they measure support for Palestine by their local populations, citing that Western nations are "very afraid" of holding such referenda.

Nevertheless, wide public support for Palestine and calls for a ceasefire have caused a global ripple effect that has been noticeable worldwide.

Raisi then criticized the US role in Israel's war on Gaza, calling it the main perpetrator behind the Israeli "war machine" that terrorizes the defenseless people of Gaza while they are under siege.

He emphasized that the silence of world leaders only emboldened the Zionist child killers and urged that countries including Japan should seriously follow up on 4 major issues that will ease the suffering of Palestinians.

According to the Iranian President, these are halting Israeli strikes, sending relief to Gaza, lifting the siege, and upholding international law.

Kishida voiced worry about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and highlighted the significance of halting strikes on civilians, as well as delivering humanitarian supplies to Palestinians there.

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