Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi asked Muslim countries this Saturday in Riyadh to classify the Israeli army as a “terrorist organization” for its armed operation in the Gaza Strip.
In his speech to Arab and Muslim leaders gathered in the Saudi capital, Ebrahim Raisi also called on Muslim countries to prepare to “arm the Palestinians” if Israel’s “war crimes” continue.
“The Israeli army must be recognized as a terrorist organization,” declared the Iranian president during the emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) dedicated to the war between Israel and Hamas.
Hamas, supported by Iran, which considers it a “liberation movement,” is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union, among others.
“Now that international organizations have become useless, we must play a role,” Raisi added, calling on Muslim countries to “sever all political and economic relations” with Israel, which Iran does not recognize.
The official also called for “a trade boycott against the Zionist regime, particularly in the energy sector.”
Ebrahim Raisi once again accused the United States of being Israel’s “main partner” in “these crimes.” “The United States entered the war directly, sending ships” to the eastern Mediterranean, he said.
Ebrahim Raisi’s trip to Riyadh is his first visit to Saudi Arabia since the surprise announcement in March of the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two Middle East heavyweights, after a seven-year hiatus.
After 36 days of war, which began on October 7 with the Hamas attack on Israeli territory, in which more than 1,400 people were killed and more than 240 were kidnapped in villages near Gaza, Israeli bombings have killed more than 11,000 people and have injured around 27,500. according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, controlled by the Islamist group.
Source: TSF
