For many long years, perhaps twenty years ago, I have always expressed my views regarding Palestine and Israel. Israel is a usurper and it had occupied its (present) territory by usurping it. Quds should be emancipated and Israel must leave. Arab governments must unite and kick Israel out of their lands and sever the hands of colonial powers
(Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 6. P 414)
We witnessed that at the time the Muslims were engaged in a war with the Israeli infidels, the government of Iran, on the order of the Shāh, granted official recognition to the Israeli government amid the ‘ulamā’s opposition. We witnessed the assistance rendered to Israel by this black-hearted man while they were turning the Muslims into refugees and killing them. He would put oil, weapons and other forms of assistance, the funds for which would be provided by the wages earned by the toiling, suffering Iranians, at the disposal of Israel(Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 3. P 262)
- Israel is a corrupt regime that has afflicted the innocent Palestinians and tyrannized heroic Lebanon, transgressing upon regional countries. What is better for regional governments than saving the region from the evil presence of Israel and the US by tightening their ranks? I have warned time and again that Israel considers lands from the Rivers Nile to the Euphrates to belong to Israel and views you as usurpers of their lands although they do not dare to express it outright
(Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 19. P 27)
By the flimsy power of the supporters of Zionism and Israel, nor pay heed to their empty threats and promises. They should desist from indolence and negligence that only entail a humiliating defeat with all the dire consequence.
(Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 3. P 1)
O people! O world! Know that our nation is against the treaty with Israel. Our religion demands that we not agree with the enemy of Islam; our Quran demands that we not join forces with the enemy of Islam against the ranks of Muslims. We say these things; is this reactionary?
(Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 1. P 305)
The countries now at war with Israel must be earnest and determined in this sacred, Islamic struggle. They must resist firmly, keeping in mind God’s command of exhorting one another to truth and exhorting one another to endurance. They should not heed the orders or advice of organizations affiliated to the imperialist powers. Rest assured that with patience, perseverance and attention to Islamic injunctions, they will emerge victorious and triumphant.
(Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 3. P 2)