To be with you on your respectable channel. Since the recent aggression against gaza, which we coined avenging the free, i came along with the big delegation from the Islamic Jihad, and part of the delegation or a group. Came from the ghaza strip and had witnessed Israeli Aggression, the atmosphere here is that of welcoming, respect and appraisal here in the Islamic Republic of iran, especially since, and it is no secret that the Islamic Republic stands with the Palestinian People, and by the side of the resistance and supports the historic right of the Palestinian People. Therefore, the Islamic Republic, the leadership and the people have welcomed us. And our visit will we also met the president of the republic and continue, we have met several top figures, primarily the leader of the revolution, and other figures. ومسؤول. Well, youre talking about the Islamic Republic of iran, and you have talked before about the inspiration, of that iran has given palestinian groups and um, we want to look at the situation, how critical is irans material and moral support for the Palestinian Resistance been all these years . There is no doubt that the Palestinian People and ever since they were expelled from palestine and for more than hundred years they have been resisting the Zionist Occupation with all the strength that they have despite their humble capabilities. The Palestinian People have continued their resistance, and there is no doubt that since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of iran, it has declared its open position in support of the Palestinian People and acknowledged the historic injustice against them, and has given assistance since the of founding of the Islamic Revolution on all levels, and in essence, the political position of the Islamic Republic originally had always been supportive. The historical rights of the Palestinian People in palestine, and this was the initiation of all the backing that follow, whether Political Support or moral support and Material Support as well, which included all aspects of life for the Palestinian People. Therefore, today we are in this place, and it is my obligation to give gratitude to the people of iran and the Islamic Revolution, and its leaders who stood always by. Either side of the Palestinian People in various issues. I believe that the political and moral support had very big role in the position of the Islamic Republic and its support for the Palestinian People. In addition to the support in other issues, including the material and military support. It is very clear today that the Palestinian People and their resistance are supported by a strong shield, which is the Islamic Republic of iran, in its support and unwavoring. Stance with the oppressed and dispersed people of palestine who are under a constant aggression from the zionist enemy. Today in the west bank as especially, the settlement building is increasing, the residents are being expelled from their own homes and their houses are being demolished, and their agricultural lands confiscated. Therefore, when the Islamic Republic declares its stance of open support, it stands to lift this great. Justice against the Palestinian People, and i believe it is this historic stance which gives strength and high morale to the Palestinian People to continue with of their struggle and resistance. Looking at the Islamic JihadResistance Movement itself, lost some of its bravest soldiers and warriors, during this recent Israeli Aggression, but the Movement Still managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the occupying regime. Can we say that Islamic Jihad is at the peak of its power in terms of its with time the Palestinian People are giving their leaders as murders and many fighters throughout this time since the beginning of the resistance of the Palestinian People. Of course, in every battle there are casualties, and we lose some of our leaders and this is only normal in battles and wars and the confrontations which we have to go through. Facing the zionist enemy, which uses all sorts of weapons. Therefore, it is not a surprise to us that some of the leaders of al gores brigades fall as marters or the leaders of the Islamic Jihad or other Palestinian Resistance factions and the Palestinian People. This is not surprising, and we always expect that during wars and battles we will have marters, and this is only natural, but also the resistance has the necessary strength and will, leaders and fighters to the extent that the martyrdom of one leader or more will not impact the movement of a whole resistance which has a long existence in fighting the zinus project, and it is always ready and is always on high alert and expects that there would be marters. So when our marters fall, this gives the movement more motivation for the fighters on the battlefield and a higher morale and greater value for their struggle. Consequently, we do lose them as people, but they also give us a high moral value and a stronger appearance for the resistance. I am confident, and all our people are confident that the marters give us great moral strength, even though theyre no longer with us and no longer on the battlefield, but it is something to be expected, and as long as it is always expected, we always have more people to take their place, the assistance of the leaders or those know the. Operations, their positions are filled directly despite the sadness which we have for their loss, which does not break the resistance, and the resistance continues. I want to talk about the morale part, because you said its natural to lose the marters, explain to our international audience, what is the. Motivating factor, what gives you that um that energy to continue when youre losing fighters and losing leaders, what is key here . The Palestinian People have lived a great injustice, and the level of awareness in the minds of the Palestinian People is very good, and since this injustice fell upon the Palestinian People, were expelled from their land, their homes were confiscated or destroyed, their women and children were killed. This in itself is a big motive for people who have suffered this oppression, and it is motive for its sons to have the will to fight and the readyness to defend themselves and their people and their land. We should also know that a long and deep history and a conviction that this land is first for the Palestinian People, and second it is there. Is the capital of palestine, and it is under occupation and undergoes continuous zionist aggression. Therefore, the sum of all these issues gives the palestinian fighters and the people of palestine higher motivation to fight and defend their doctrine, their land and their property. There could be, in some instances fabrications that there is incitement, but the incitement and provocation are from the continuous Israeli Aggression and confiscation of lands. Historic palestine itself is the land of the Palestinian People. The people of palestine were expelled from their land and were dispersed all over the world, so the motives for selfdefense and fighting are there in the genes of every palestinian citizens. The palestinian citizen does not need to be incited to fight. The pretext for fighting is already present with the existence of occupation on the land of palestine. Palestine is the historic native land the Palestinian People, and so every palestinian understands this equation, therefore every palestinian is ready to fight to retrieve their historic homeland. Though jews who live in palestine today, were brought from all over the world, and they expelled the Palestinian People and put them in their place. Consequently, the motivation for selfdefense and for fighting is intact, and the will of the Palestinian People continued. Had any people in the world gone through what the Palestinian People have gone through, they would forget the Palestinian People. However, what the Palestinian People have is a strong conviction of a historical right to their land, and a conviction that this land is linked to the people and their ideology and their heritage and their ancestry. Therefore, the purpose to fight is well alive and jihad and struggle will continue, and will definitely not stop, because the. The latest war followed the murder of senior Islamic Jihad leadernan who had become a powerful symbol of the resistance. To Israeli Regime policy of arbitrary detentions and custodial torture of resistance fighters, why did the resistance decide to retaliate to his murder by firing rockets from gaza . The murder adnan is one of the emblems and leaders of the Islamic Jihad movement. He was the victim of an unjust detainment under the unjust administrative law. Of arbitrary arrest, and he declared that he would begin a strike to protest his administrative arrest. The zionist enemy left him in a dark and confined prison cell for more than two months or 80 days, approximately three months. We believe the enemy planned and kill adnan purposefully, through which they plan to break the strong morale of which refuses detainment, and hundreds of palestinian prisoners are subject to the same laws of administrative detainment. We also have thousands of prisoners in zionist jails have been given high sentences or life sentence. We are talking about five to 6,000 palestinian prisoners in israeli jails, some of whom have been in prison for more than 30 years. Some of them have reached 40 years of detainment. The arrests against palestinians have not stopped. Marder adnon, who declared Hunger Strike to. Test his arrest and was killed by the Israeli Forces was one of those prisoners. This is a long path. Marder atnan was not the first to declare a strike during this path of Palestinian Resistance. Were talking about a zinist occupation of the west bank and the gaza strip, which has continued since 1967, and now were in the year 2023. We are talking about approximately 50 years under israeli occupation. Tens and perhaps hundreds of people have been killed and have fallen murders inside israeli jails under interrogation. Also, were talking about more than 1 million 200,000 palestinians who have been victims of arrests during the last 50 years. Among them, thousands of prisoners who remained in jails for more than 30 years and others remained for tens of years. I personally have undergone imprisonment and spent 15. Had there not been a prisoner swap and israel was forced to release me, i would have remained until this moment in prison where i was given life sentence, hundreds of prisoners were with me during imprisonment remained in jail, and some of them have been detained for 40 years, therefore the policies of repressiveness and killing and inside and outside prison continues, but also so are the operations of the resistance against arrest and forest, but but why did the resistance decide to retaliate specifically . اقول اناعلام الحديث عن. In the media, there is talk of vengeance and retaliation for the. Now first, the murder was victim of a great injustice, and we believe he was killed in his own prison cell, second, the resistance has an obligation towards the. Palestinian people and its prisoners, and so the assassination of the murder, as he went on Hunger Strike, entailed upon the resistance to retaliate against this israeli measure which led to the killing of adna, but it is also as israeli measure which led to the killing of horadna, but it is also message to the enemy that it cannot single out the prisoners. However, the resistance does not only practice its resistance in retaliation. Our people have not stopped the resistance, there was an aggression against the jane camp and there was a big confrontation and the Israeli Air Force intervened and many of its military vehicles, more than seven military vehicles were destroyed or damaged, and several Israeli Soldiers were injured in this battle. The resistance. Of a specific person, although we do give importance to such incidents. We do give importance to the assassination of leaders and act upon the stance, yet the resistance is not linked only to the killing of one person or the murderdom of one person. The resistance continues, but our priority is for political speech and resistance, and in some cases we give importance to the nature of the retaliation, against the inhumane practices of the enemy, but the resistance is in progress throughout this time, in all forms and types in its path against the occupation, in its clashes with the enemy, in its Popular Resistance against occupation. All forms of resistance are being practiced by the Palestinian People, but in some cases one incident is given more significance in order to value that person or the incident. You talked about jane and what happened today . Weve seen a lot more aggression from the zionist regime. Do you think its because of desperation on their part that were seeing them become even more aggressive . The aggression against the west bank has always been in place first in the form of settlements and the confiscation of lands and for the last two years it has increased with the existence of a phenomenon of growing extremist leftist activity in the Israeli Society and they have attempted to take hold of more land from the palestinians and to build more settlements on these lands also there are more clashes therefore and resistance is growing. We also need to note that the enemy wants continuously to repress the Palestinian People and to repress their will to defend themselves. And it also wants to confiscate more land to chase some people who it believes to be conducting resistance operations. Therefore, its military campaigns do not stop against the palestinian camps in the west bank because they are continually resisting settlement building. Were talking about more than 800,000 settlers throughout the west bank who have occupied the majority of agricultural fields and the lands of the palestinian citizens. They take control of more than half of the west bank. They are confining the towns in their settlement building in efforts to displace its inhabitants. Therefore, the resistance is growing and ripe in such an atmosphere, and it is a strong resistance. The enemy is also attempting to break the resistance and attempting assassinations inside palestinian camps and towns and therefore there are clashes and confrontations today the confrontation is similar to tens of confrontations which continue, but on this i can tell you that the enemy has suffered a big number of casualties. When we talk about seven military vehicles in one day and in one hour, in one clash, and the intervention of israeli. Air force, this is a clear message of strength from the palestinians, that the Palestinian People have the will and capabilities. Although, yes, we did lose palestinians who fell marters, and there was more than 60 casualties who were under open fire. The fight continues on the front of the Palestinian Peoples defense of themselves and their land, and the Israeli Aggression continues. The zinius enemies attempt. To break the will of the Palestinian People continues and has not stopped. It is not strange to see these clashes, it is actually a daily issue committed by the enemy to launch. Aggressions against the Palestinian People, and the resistance is also continuing with its daily job of resisting these aggressions against the palestinian towns, the resistance will not stop as long as the enemy does not stop its aggression, and we are an open war, and we have no choice but to fight and defend our land, and god willling our people with their patience and steadfastness can expel this occupation from our land. We we saw the Resistance Movements to become more united, i want to talk about that unity and how important that is that these resistance groups be united and being key to the defeat of the zionist regime. مقاومه فلسطينيه as Palestinian Resistance factions are in our most advantageous position, in our unity on the front, and even our political unity and specifically hamas and Islamic Jihad. We are here in tehran and our brothers in the leadership of hamas are here, as well, and on this occasion we held a very important meeting between the leadership of hamas and the Islamic Jihad with the presence of our brothers in the Islamic Republic of iran as supporters, and this is. One scene of our unity. A few weeks ago we were in a big confrontation in the gaza strip in the battle of avenging the free, and all the Palestinian People were united behind the Islamic Jihad in a battle which continued for more than five days. I can say that the Palestinian People, with every confrontation and aggression, they are stronger and more united because they have one enemy, and unity has become a duty for the Palestinian Resistance. With all dignity, i say the Palestinian People and their resistance are closer each other and more united and more determined to face the occupation. The leader the Islamic Revolution. Ali khamenei, made the comment that the likelihood the zinus entity not seeing its 80th. I want your comment on that and also, being that this is the end of the interview, also your comment about uh, of course, a man who dedicated his life to the liberation of coats and of the oppressed in general, and of course thats Lieutenant General casim solemani, and the inspiration that he has given perhaps to Resistance Movements throughout the region. There was a meeting with his amenence the leader of the Islamic Revolution said ali khamenei, and he was welcoming of the delegation of the Islamic Jihad, and he spoke the steadfastness of the Palestinian People and the resistance in palestine, and how he values the resistance of the Palestinian People and the resistance against this aggression and this oppression and congratulated the Palestinian People and reiterated the stance of the Islamic Republic of iran. Its stance of support of the oppressed people of palestine, and which is demanding its rights and is defending its holy sights. This is not a new position for his eminence, the leader of the revolution, continues to stress the position of the Islamic Republic since its foundation as supportive of the Palestinian Resistance. In the same context. The leader spoke and we spoke at the beginning about the great leaders, was with us for long years, he was supportive and giving us backing, and was always present, always following up on many details in the Palestinian Resistance, and is highly respected by the Palestinian People and the resistance. We mentioned that the leader is also highly respected, also his eminence, the leader highly and respected greatly by the leader. Therefore any talk about the great leader is a talk that is always present in our meetings. He was an exemplary man, and a leader who gives his own life for the sake of righteousness, and for the sake of palestine, and therefore, hes present. And is an example of special leaders in the history of mankind. I believe is one the most notable islamic emblems in modern history in this nation. He held a massive duty in supporting and backing the Palestinian People, and he was not only a leader who was far from the front lines, he lived the life of the fighters and followed up their activities and issues and needs always, he knew them, he knew their leaders one by one, and they all knew him, and therefore he has left a mark in the hearts of the fighters and the leaders and left an impact. Therefore, in our official meeting. Is always present as an example as he is present with the palestinian fighters and their leaders and political factions, is present as an exemplary figure and a great symbol of the resistance in palestine. The secretary general of the Islamic JihadResistance Movement in palestine. Thank you so much for talking to us here at press tv. And thank you viewers for being with us a very special face to face. Im hashimi signing out for myself and all the crew right here who uh brought you this special interview. Thank you so much and hope to see you next. 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