Iran wants Israel and her Western allies to understand that if they continue interfering in Syria, it is the Jewish state that will pay the heaviest price.
"If Israel wants to survive a few more days, it has to stop this childish game," insisted Ali Shirazi, the liaison between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the Iranian military's Quds Force.
Shirazi stressed that "Iran has the capability to destroy Israel and given the excuse, Tel Aviv and Haifa will be razed to the ground."
The threat comes just days after Israel bombed an Iranian-controlled air base in central Syria and US, British and French aircraft hit eight other targets belonging to Iran's allies in the Syrian regime.
The series of air strikes has raised significant fears of a full-scale war between Israel and the Western powers on one side, and Iran and Russia on the other.
Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti on Sunday told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to stand firm in his rejection of US President Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-announced peace plan, saying that Trump would be soon be gone.
In a message released from his prison cell to his supporters on the 16th anniversary of his arrest by the IDF, Barghouti voiced his full support for Abbas’s rejection of the “conspiracy of the century,” a reference to Trump’s “deal of the century” peace plan, which has still not been made public.
Barghouti, who is in prison serving five life sentences for his role in deadly terror attacks on Israelis, is hugely popular among the Palestinians and is seen as a possible successor to Abbas.
Barghouti said he also supported Abbas in the face of “international, regional and Israeli pressure.”
Abbas has repeatedly dismissed the long-promised plan as a “conspiracy aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause and national rights.” It comes amid growing Palestinian anger following a decision by Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv.
Abbas has reportedly faced intense pressure from Arab states like Saudi Arabia and Egypt to accept the terms of Trump’s plan. The US has also cut funding from the Palestinians in the wake of their boycott of US officials.
But Barghouti urged Palestinian leaders to stand firm, saying that Trump would soon be gone.
“We also need to realize that Trump will be gone in a year or five years, but Jerusalem, Palestine and its people will remain and will pursue their resistance and struggle against the Zionist colonialism,” he said.
The jailed Fatah leader called on the Palestinian leadership not to negotiate with any Israeli government unless it commits to the “principle of ending the occupation and withdrawing to the 1967 borders, and recognizes the Palestinians’ right to self-determination and the establishment of a sovereign and independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
He also urged Palestinians to participate in the so-called March of Return organized by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip.
The last three weeks have seen mass protests along the border between Gaza and Israel, the so-called “March of Return” demonstrations, which Hamas leaders say ultimately aim to see the removal of the border and the liberation of Palestine.
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