ISNA (Iran): PIJ: "1967 borders will not fulfill the nation’s demand"

Iran's favorite Sunnis weigh in on the 1967 borders:

Representative of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement in Tehran Nasser Abu Sharif said Islamic awakening should be used to liberate Palestine.

He emphasized, "Zionist occupiers and their sponsors are the only impediment to establishment of independent state of Palestine."

"There are some countries supporting the occupier regime and have paved the way for it to establish such a state," Abu Sharif told ISNA.

He continued, “all efforts made by Palestinian Authority for formation of independent state are wrong and will not lead to the establishment of independent country of Palestine. Israel will not leave Palestinian lands except by battling and conflict. Submitting recognition plan to the UN Security Council is not logical, since the international community has not pressed Israel for execution of numerous resolutions adopted by the council against the regime. All the resolutions have been left unpracticed and there is no sign of establishment of independent Palestinian state."

Abu Sharif continued, “we believe establishment of Palestinian state based on 1967 borders will not fulfill the nation’s demand. Zionist regime has occupied the whole Palestinian land and the whole Palestine belongs to the people not only Gaza Strip and lands divided based on 1967 borders."

He turned to the issue of Palestinian resistance group and rejected reports that Palestinian resistance groups were transferred from Syria to Egypt and reiterated, "resistance groups are still in Syria."

Where they belong . . .