Ismail Haniya says Jihad is only strategic option for Islamic ummah

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) - The elected prime of minister of Palestine who has participated in rallies in Tehran said that “Jihad” is the only “strategic option” for the Muslims. “Resistance and Jihad are the only strategic option for the Islamic ummah,” Ismail Haniya told marchers in Tehran who had turned out in large numbers to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. He also said, “As the representative of the Palestinian nation we have (already) announced to the children of the Arab ummah, the Islamic ummah, and all free-thinkers in the world, and (again) insist in Azadi Square in Tehran, that we will never recognize the Zionist regime and announce that the Palestinian nation will continue their resistance until the sacred Palestinian land is freed.”