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Annihilating the Zionist regime does not at all mean massacring the Jewish people in the region. The logical statement that our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) made--that Israel should be annihilated--is based on a human principle. A referendum should be conducted, so that the people who live in, come from, and belong to this region determine who should rule over it.
The Zionist regime has put itself on the path of exhibiting blatant violence since the beginning of its illegitimate birth. They do not even deny this violence. They've put themselves on a path of clenching an iron fist. They say this everywhere, and they are proud of it. This is their policy.

Since the year 1948--when this fake regime came into being, "officially"--until today, they have been pursuing this policy. 66 years have passed since they've pursued this policy. Of course, it [the zionist regime] had committed many crimes in Palestine, even before it was officially recognized, and even before colonialists imposed it on the world and on the region. But during these 66 years, they did whatever they could as a government and as a political system. They've committed every violent act that one can imagine a government could do to a people; they have no scruples whatsoever. This is the truth of the Zionist regime.

There is no cure for this except the annihilation of this regime. Annihilating the Zionist regime does not at all mean massacring the Jewish people in the region. The logical statement that our magnanimous Imam (r.a.) made--that Israel should be annihilated--is based on a human principle. We've presented to the world a practical solution for this, no one could criticize it in a reasonable way. We said that a poll and a referendum should be conducted, so that the people who live in, come from, and belong to this region determine who should rule over it. We said that the people should resolve this issue.

This is the meaning of annihilating the Zionist regime. This is the solution. This is a solution that is comprehensible and favored by the modern world's standards of logic. This is a practical solution. We even put forward a proposal to the United Nations and a number of international organizations in charge of such affairs; this proposal was discussed by them.

There is no cure for the problem that this savage and wolfish regime--whose policy is to behave towards people with an iron fist, cruelty, and savagery, and does not care about or denies killing people and children, attacking different regions and causing destruction--has created except its destruction and annihilation. If, by Allah's favor, that day comes and if it is annihilated, then so much the better. But what is the cure as long as this fake regime exists? The cure is decisive and militant resistance against this regime.

The Palestinians should display power in the face of the Zionist regime. No one should believe that if it had not been for the missiles of Gaza, the Zionist regime would have stopped their incursions--this is not so. Notice what they are doing in the West Bank, meanwhile there are no missiles, weapons, and guns in the West Bank. The only weapons that the people have are stones. Take notice of what the Zionist regime is doing there [West Bank]; it is doing whatever it wants; it destroys people's homes, it destroys their crops, it destroys their lives and it humiliates or belittles them. If it benefits the Zionist regime, it closes waterways on them and cuts out electricity.

The Zionists could not tolerate someone like Yasser Arafat who compromised with them. They besieged, humiliated, poisoned and destroyed him. It is not such a case, whereby, if we do not display power in the face of the Zionists, they will tolerate and show mercy towards people and observe their rights. That's not the case at all. The only cure that exists, before the Zionist regime is annihilated, is that the Palestinians manage to act in a powerful manner.



 

July 23, 2014