Tehran Times – Hugging the devil – Ayatollah Khamenei said that heads of the West’s oppressive governments continuously traveling to occupied territories since the Zionist regime is falling apart.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution met with the organizers of the National Congress of the Martyrs of Lorestan Province on October 25, and delivered some remarks, pointing to some Western officials’ visits to the occupied territories.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution also outlined: “But without any doubt and despite all the support of the world’s evil powers and the definite complicity of the US in the crimes of the Zionists, this oppression and these crimes will ultimately lead nowhere. Victory belongs to the Palestinian nation both in this matter and in the future.”
Since Hamas dealt an unprecedented blow to the occupation regime of Israel on October 7, Westerners have been reiterating their unwavering support for Tel Aviv through press conferences, calls, or visits to Tel Aviv.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the Western leaders’ hasty measures and uncalculated remarks were primarily intended to hamper “the fall of the Zionists”.
U.S. is the most worried ally
As was expected, immediately after the launch of the Hamas operation, American officials, namely the U.S. president, secretary of state, and senators echoed their concern over Tel Aviv’s humiliation, yet the promises for deployment of the U.S. marines, military equipment, and warships could not heal the wounds of the Zionist regime.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered Washington’s message to Tel Aviv on his October 12 meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister, saying “U.S. will always be there”.
The message came after the Israeli leaders’ hasty measures to guarantee their survival. They woke up on October 7 with Hamas fighters’ infiltration into Israel. Quite stunned and shocked, they could not believe that their oppression and arrogance had fueled the Palestinian fighters’ rage which echoed the “enough is enough” message.
Blinken further widened his efforts to somehow guarantee Washington’s support for Tel Aviv by extending his regional tour to Doha, Riyadh, Cairo, and Abu Dhabi. The tour was termed as Blinken’s most extensive visit to West Asia since taking office in January 2021.
The American top diplomat, uncertain about Tel Aviv’s capabilities, vowed support saying, “You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as America exists, you will never ever have to. We will always be there by your side”.
Blinken also promised that Washington would work with Congress to ensure the Zionists’ needs were met.
It was the self-proclaimed Zionist President Biden’s turn to pay a visit to Tel Aviv and express strong support for Israel. Biden landed in Tel Aviv on October 18. The U.S. president, seeing Israel in real danger, promised new aid to Netanyahu. Biden came up with the promise of a massive new congressional request for funding Israel.
The Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza came under the Israeli airstrike which left at least 500 Palestinians martyred. The hospital had been repeatedly reported as a shelter for civilians, yet the Tel Aviv regime intensified its war crimes with the airstrike on the hospital.
In a hasty effort to dodge responsibility, Biden said the next day that the attack on the hospital “appears as though it was done by another team. Americans are grieving with you, they really are. And Americans are worried,” Biden told Netanyahu as they began a bilateral meeting.
Acknowledging the unfolding complex situation, Biden said, “Because we know this is not an easy field to navigate, what you have to do.”
This was while people in Texas staged a rally to echo their support for the Palestinians. Nearly hundreds of Jews, 500 to be exact, were arrested due to their rally demanding an urgent ceasefire in Gaza.
“I wanted the people of Israel – the people of the world – to know where the United States stands. … The world is looking. Israel has a value set like the United States does,” added the veteran Zionist president as a reminder of his remarks on the importance of Israel preserving the U.S. benefits in West Asia.
Desperate and close to the fiscal cliff, Netanyahu said “Thank you.”
German’s Baerbock in Tel Aviv
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock traveled to Tel Aviv on Friday morning October 20 for the second time to voice the concerns of another worried ally to Tel Aviv.
With much sharper language, she shifted the blame on Hamas in a bid to deviate public opinion from the Israeli regime’s war crimes.
Before her departure, Baerbock insisted on Israel’s “right to defend itself,” turning a blind eye on the bombardment of the residential areas in Gaza. The German foreign minister also visited Lebanon during her tour of West Asia.
In the capital Beirut, she held talks with the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and caretaker Foreign Minister Bou Habib, among others.
UK’s Sunak visited Tel Aviv as the next supporter
Rishi Sunak landed in Tel Aviv on October 19. “Above all, I’m here to express my solidarity with the Israeli people… I want you to know that the United Kingdom and I stand with you,” Sunak told reporters.
In contrast to global demand to halt the ruthless war on Gaza, he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We want you to win.”
Londoners, opposed to Sunak’s policies, staged a rally on the streets to be the voice of the voiceless Gazans. They held Palestinian flags in their hands simultaneous with Sunak’s visit to Tel Aviv.
London police force, in an effort, tried to disperse the Londoners, but the effort fell short and the images went viral to prove the different approaches between the British government and the nation on the Palestine issue.
Last but not least, France appeared as the latest worried ally
France’s Macron also made a visit to Tel Aviv on Tuesday (October 24), nearly more than two weeks after the Storm operation. He was also seeking security and safety for the Israeli regime.
The French president told Israeli officials that he came “to express support and solidarity and share your pain”, assuring them that the Israeli regime is “not left alone in the war”.
During his visit, Macron met with his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Netanyahu, who said that his country would do anything he can to end the fight with Hamas quickly, “but it could be a long war.”
This time the Macron initiative for Tel Aviv’s survival came with an amalgamation of what the Westerners have so far prescribed, creating an international coalition and shifting the blame on Iran.
He called for an “international coalition” since the fake regime seemed incapable of surviving, and the “shifting blame” policy since the Israeli defeat from Hamas would be nothing more than a worldwide humiliation.
by Alireza Akbari
