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Supreme leader speaks to mark end of Ramadan holy month; slams “Zionist wolves and their int’l supporters.”
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday spoke out against renewed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, warning that such talks would force “the Palestinians to relinquish their rights,” AFP reported.
Speaking in Tehran on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Id al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Khamenei stated that the US-led negotiations would be “detrimental” to the Palestinian cause.
Khamenei’s comments came as the US State Department confirmed on Thursday night that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators would resume talks on Wednesday in Jerusalem.
“Negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians will be resuming Aug. 14 in Jerusalem and will be followed by a meeting in Jericho (in the West Bank),” State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told a briefing.
The sides held their first peace negotiations in nearly three years in Washington on July 30 in US-mediated efforts to end the conflict of more than six decades.
Khamenei said Friday that the renewed peace talks would “encourage the aggressors to increase their aggression and suppress the rightful resistance of the Palestinians,” according to AFP.
The Iranian leader called on the Muslim world to be active in supporting the Palestinian cause and condemning Israel.
“The Muslim world must not back down from its support for Palestine, and it should condemn the oppressive action of fierce Zionist wolves and their international supporters,” AFP quoted him as saying.
