Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: fight to `liberate Palestine` is `Islamic duty`
(WorldNews Iran)

Iran`s supreme leader said it was an `Islamic duty` to fight for the `liberation of Palestine` in a landmark speech Friday amid rising tensions with regional arch-enemy Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at Western nations and their Arab `puppets` for supporting the Jewish state, in his first ever address marking Quds (Jerusalem) Day. The 80-year-old leader also appeared to confirm for the first time that Iran has helped to provide Palestinians with arms. The remarks came at the end of a week that saw Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launch a Twitter tirade against Khamenei and the two sides...