Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met Tuesday with the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance group and urged Palestinians to fight and resist the Zionist enemy Israel until it capitulates.

“The jihad of the Palestinians must continue until the Zionist enemy [surrenders] to the rights of the Palestinian nation,” Rouhani said, according to his office.

Rouhani made the remarks as he met with Ziad al-Nakhaleh, who has been holding meetings in Tehran with top Iranian leaders.

“Despite the Madrid and Oslo meetings and agreements, the Israelis have never accepted the rights of the Palestinians and therefore, the only way is to fight and resist,” Rouhani said, referring to a past peace conference and peace deals between the Zionist entity and the Palestinian Authority, respectively.

“The entire peoples of the region must consider the Zionist Regime not just the enemy of the Palestinian nation, but also the enemy of the entire region,” Rouhani added.

Meanwhile, he pointed out to US President Donald Trump administration’s backing Israeli efforts to “dominate the entire region.”

“Despite all the efforts of the United States and the Zionist Regime, not only nations, but also governments have not surrendered to the greed of the enemies,” he said.

For his part, Nakhaleh thanked Rouhani for Iran’s support, stressing that US efforts allegedly to promote Israeli-Palestinian “peace” were aimed at denying Palestinian rights.

“Pressures and severe attacks of the United States and Israel against the Palestinians under the ‘Deal of the Century’ are aimed at closing the Palestinian case and we believe that US pressures on Iran is a part of this project,” he said, referring to US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

Source: Agencies