Iran's Top Commander:

Israel's Plots in Region Doomed to Failure

Rasa - Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri underlined that the plots hatched by the US and its regional allies, Israel in particular, will not bear any result.

News ID: 431285

Date: 28 July 2017 - 20:40

RNA - "Global arrogance and Zionist regime's policies and strategies are doomed to failure," General Baqeri said.

He reiterated that the complete defeats of Israel's and Saudi Arabia's barbarism are inevitable.

In relevant remarks on Tuesday, Iran's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Eshaq Ale'habib underlined that all the crises in the Middle East emanate from Israel and its allies.

"Numerous assaults on the Palestinian land and repeated violations of the UN resolutions by the Zionist regime make the regime as main source of all crises in the Middle East," Ale'habib said, addressing a meeting of the UN Security Council.

Al-Habib said since 1948, the Zionist regime has invaded its neighbors 14 times and suppressed the Palestinians violently with the support of the US; the recent prohibition on Palestinians entry to al-Aqsa Mosque is an instance of illegal measures taken by the Zionists.

Referring to violation of many UN resolutions by the Zionists, Ale'habib said there is a lot of evidence concerning Zionists' aggressive policies, apartheid, and war crimes in the reports of the United Nations.

He said that settlement construction for the Zionists in the Occupied Territories is violation of Geneva's Fourth Convention, adding the routine of the Zionist regime shows that it has never been looking for peace and has participated in the negotiations to buy time to follow its expansionism and aggression.

The UNSC opposed the settlement construction on 23 December 2016 (Resolution 2334), but the Zionist regime rejected it and announced that it will go on with the reconstructions.

UNSC Resolution 2334 concerns the Israeli settlements in 'Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Quds. The resolution passed in a 14–0 vote by members of the UNSC. Four members with UNSC with veto power, i.e. China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, voted for the resolution, but the United States abstained.

The resolution explicitly says that Israel's settlement activity constitutes a 'flagrant violation' of international law and has 'no legal validity'. It demands that Israel stop such activity and fulfill its obligations as an occupying power under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

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