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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, talking with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, during an official meeting in Tehran on Saturday. (AP)
Last update - 23:43 09/12/2006
Ahmadinejad to Haniyeh: Do not recognize Israel, continue fighting it
By Reuters

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday not to bow to pressure to recognize Israel and to keep fighting it, local media reported.

Haniyeh, on a four-day visit to one of the strongest backers of his Hamas government, thanked Iran for its support and vowed not to cede to Western demands that it renounce violence, recognize existing interim peace accords and recognize the Jewish state.

"The Iranian nation will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Palestinian people until Jerusalem is liberated... and will never fall short in any kind of support," Ahmadinejad told Haniyeh in Tehran, the semi-official ISNA students news agency reported.
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Iran's support for the Palestinians has grown more vocal since Ahmadinejad came to power in August 2005. The former Revolutionary Guardsman has called the Israeli state a "tumor" which must be "wiped off the map".

Iran, like Hamas, refuses to recognize Israel and has sent $120 million so far this year to the Palestinian Authority towards a shortfall caused by a Western financial blockade on the Hamas-led government.

The United States and Israel accuse Iran of arming and training militant Palestinian groups such as Hamas. Iran denies the charge.

"In addition to not recognizing the occupying regime, the popular government of Palestine should... support the resistance of the Palestinian nation until the Palestinian ideal is realized," Ahmadinejad said.

"America as the main supporter of this fake regime (Israel) is deteriorating and becoming weak and the conspiracies of the enemies of Islam to break the resistance of the Palestinian nation will fail," he added.

Haniyeh, who is due to meet Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday, said his government had no intention of "recognizing the Jerusalem-occupying regime" and would back the Palestinian people's right to "resistance and to cancel the cruel and unfair (peace) agreements with that fake regime."

"The brave position of the Iranian president in giving reasonable and transparent support to the ideal of a Palestinian nation has brought honor and dignity to Muslims and warmed the hearts of the Palestinian warriors," he said, ISNA reported
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  1.   If Jerusalem falls to Moslem extemists... 20:56  |  Avrum 09/12/06
  2.   "UNTIL JERUSALEM IS LIBERATED..............". IS HE WRONG ??????? 21:00  |  THE JACKAL 09/12/06
  3.   IRAN`S TIME RUNNING OUT! 21:05  |  Peter 09/12/06
  4.   FIGHTING IS A RIGHT... 21:05  |  MIKE KATZ 09/12/06
  5.   The plas getting advice from the farm boy 21:13  |  Adrian de Klerk 09/12/06
  6.   keep on tickin 21:25  |  palestine eakle 09/12/06
  7.   HE WANTS ISRAEL TO GIVE BACK MORE 21:35  |  TOBIA 09/12/06
  8.   The Devils" meeting" 21:38  |  Romeo 09/12/06
  9.   Recognizing Israel 21:47  |  Abe 09/12/06
  10.   Listen Israelies 21:56  |  Justice Seeker 09/12/06
  11.   #3 Time running out 22:00  |  ballistic 09/12/06
  12.   Ahmadinejad 22:01  |  paul 09/12/06
  13.   act of war 22:02  |  amir 09/12/06
  14.   Israel: start counting the days. 22:03  |  BradL 09/12/06
  15.   Certainly, Jackal #2, truth does not come from you 22:18  |  McQueen 09/12/06
  16.   Hi monkey your stupidity will bring the Arabs Israeli to Iran 22:19  |  e.m 09/12/06
  17.   One mustn`t criticize Muslims 22:20  |  Yonatan 09/12/06
  18.   One mustn`t criticize Muslims, part 2 22:21  |  Yonatan 09/12/06
  19.   One mustn`t criticize Muslims, part 3 22:22  |  Yonatan 09/12/06
  20.   One mustn`t criticize Muslims, part 4 22:23  |  Yonatan 09/12/06
  21.   ahmadiboy to haniyen.... 22:32  |  les 09/12/06
  22.   BIRDS of FEATHER FLOCL TOGETHER 22:33  |  Vittorio 09/12/06
  23.   This is where cruelty & unfair `peace` plans get you 22:37  |  BBBB 09/12/06
  24.   ashamed 22:47  |  iris 09/12/06
  25.   Jacal 23:00  |  victor 09/12/06
  26.   Love that picture of those ladies holding hands. 23:24  |  Stinker 09/12/06
  27.   # 10 Justice Seeker 23:24  |  Josef 09/12/06
  28.   HE IS NOT WRONG 23:25  |  Dan 09/12/06
  29.   Israel 23:29  |  Phil 09/12/06
  30.   "You`re fighting so nicely, go on." 23:40  |  christoph 09/12/06
  31.   Ahmadinejad to Haniyeh 23:41  |  r 09/12/06
  32.   Israel is not going away 23:48  |  James 09/12/06
  33.   Yonatan - #17 to 20 23:51  |  Sammy Salameh 09/12/06
  34.   LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL 23:54  |  X 09/12/06
  35.   Hail Ahmadinejad!! 23:55  |  Alamak 09/12/06
  36.   They are honest. Israel must defend itself 23:58  |  Anyone 09/12/06
  37.   Ahmadinejad and Haniyeh 23:59  |  Sammy Salameh 09/12/06
  38.   INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR PALESTINIANS-NOW! 00:01  |  Maureen Ann 10/12/06
  39.   Jackal #2 00:04  |  Brad 10/12/06
  40.   Muslim Contributions to Civilization 00:08  |  Clickfuel 10/12/06
  41.   thought 00:12  |  Sammy Salameh 10/12/06
  42.   Gladiator 00:12  |  From the Moon 10/12/06
  43.   They look so cute together don`t they? 00:14  |  freedom bird 10/12/06
  44.   Hamas is Iran-Syria puppet same as Hezbollah 00:14  |  Joseph E . 10/12/06
  45.   Palestinian suffering will go on 00:50  |  Bretware 10/12/06
  46.   lol what a silly photo 00:55  |  Dania 10/12/06
  47.   Yonatan nice shot ;-) 01:15  |  France 10/12/06
  48.   Apparently Ahmadinejad is willing to liberate Palestine...... 01:24  |  Sherman 10/12/06
  49.   Re #31 -Maureen 01:28  |  Greg 10/12/06
  50.   Re: International Protection for Palestinians now! 01:47  |  Thierry 10/12/06
  51.   WHO IS FAKE??? 01:52  |  D 10/12/06
  52.   thankyou jimmy carter 02:01  |  david 10/12/06
  53.   YONATHAN post 17: you hit the jackpot 02:02  |  Tulip 10/12/06
  54.   Why isn`t there a Coup d`etat in Iran? 02:15  |  Milica 10/12/06
  55.   i think 02:18  |  mojtaba salimi 10/12/06
  56.   Give Palestinians their Land 02:25  |  AHJ 10/12/06
  57.   Kill them when the cameras are out 02:31  |  Steve 10/12/06
  58.   Why is this "NEWS"...its an oldie 02:33  |  Iranian-American 10/12/06
  59.   re: Peter #3 02:38  |  Paulo 10/12/06
  60.   Come and see the quassam rockets 02:49  |  Linda J 10/12/06
  61.   Re: clickfuel 03:18  |  kooskoos 10/12/06
  62.   Imagine no religion 03:23  |  Lennon lover 10/12/06
  63.   ISLAM BROUGHT CIVILIZATION 03:26  |  kooskoos 10/12/06
  64.   Pray For The Best, Prepare For The Worst 03:31  |  TRUTH SEEKER 10/12/06
  65.   Just married 05:07  |  best wishes 10/12/06
  66.   Maureen Ann (# 35) "informs" herself at WAFA... 06:05  |  Barbara 10/12/06
  67.   I agree with you, Alamak (# 32), but: 06:09  |  Glenn 10/12/06
  68.   to BradL (#14) 06:13  |  Gerhard 10/12/06
  69.   To # 17 Who killed 3.000 innocents Americans ? 17:16  |  Yankelowitz 10/12/06
  70.   To # 40 Please turn it the other way round... 17:28  |  Yankelowitz 10/12/06
  71.   Haaretz Please Review Yonatan`s comments 20:51  |  Omar 10/12/06
  72.   Yonatan Shall we reverse it? 00:26  |  Omar 11/12/06
  73.   dopo not recognize israel