„The Palestinians have no option left in their pursuit for an independent state apart from ‚jihad‘ against Israel, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday. Iranian news agency Fars cited Rouhani as charging that the Palestinians should take advantage of allegations that Israel does not seek peace to wage violence in the name of Islam against the Jewish state.
‚Today, the world public opinion is faced with this strong argument that the Zionist regime has never been after peace, and this argument and reasoning should be used to show that there is no way, but jihad and resistance for the Palestinians against the usurper regime,‘ he said in meeting with the leader of the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Speaking in Tehran to Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad Shallah – the leader of the Palestinian terrorist group – Rouhani accused Israel of fueling regional instability and perpetuating “terrorists’ operations” to divert attention from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.“ (Bericht in der Jerusalem Post: „Iranian president: ‚Jihad‘ against Israel only option left for Palestinians“)