Iran: Some Regional Countries’ Normalization with “Israel” Is A Strategic Mistake 

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf denounced plans by certain regional countries to normalize ties with the “Israeli” entity.

In a Wednesday telephone conversation with Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the political bureau of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, Qalibaf considered that “some parties are making a strategic mistake by trying to normalize ties with the ‘Israel’.”

“Time has proven that the Zionists understand only the language of resistance, and that compromise and surrender to them will get nowhere,” the Iranian Speaker added.

He also reaffirmed Iran’s support for the Palestinian people, stressing that resistance will thwart the plots such as the so-called deal of the century and the Zionist plans to annex parts of the West Bank.

For his part, Haniyeh praised Iran for its unwavering support for the Palestinian resistance, saying people of Palestine and the Hamas movement will press on with resistance until the eviction of Zionists from the occupied territories.

He also slammed a muted response from a number of countries to the “Israeli” acts of aggression and expansionist plans. “Hamas condemns the silence of certain regional states which seek normalization of ties with the Zionist enemy.”