Rouhani "An old wound has been sitting on the body of the Islamic world, in the shadow of the occupation of the holy land of Palestine and the dear Quds".

"... Here is Rouhani's full quote in the improved translation:

“Quds day, which is in memorial of Imam [Khomeini], is a day that people present the unity of Islam against any type of oppression or aggression. And in any case, in our region, it is an old wound that has been sitting on the body of the Islamic world, in the shadow of the occupation of the holy land of Palestine and the dear Quds. And this day, in fact, is a remembrance that Muslim people will not forget this historical right and will always stand against oppression and aggression.”

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...On June 21, 1922, during a session in the House of Lords discussing the implementation and parameters of the Balfour Declaration, parliamentarian George Clarke (Lord Sydenham) argued, "What we have done is, by concessions, not to the Jewish people but to a Zionist extreme section, to start a running sore in the East, and no one can tell how far that sore will extend."

He predicted the ultimate failure of the Zionist experiment because, in his words, "the harm done by dumping down an alien population upon an Arab country—Arab all round in the hinterland—may never be remedied."...

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Another thing to note may be that, in 1988, the Vatican's Pontifical Commission Justice and Peace issued a report called 'The Church and Racism: Toward a More Fraternal Society', which condemned doctrines of superiority, lamenting that "in sharp contrast to this growing awareness of human dignity, racism still exists and continually reappears in different forms. It is a wound in humanity's side that mysteriously remains open."..."

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http://mondoweiss.net/2013/08/iranian-presidents-description-of-occupation-as-a-wound-echoes-obamas-description-of-conflict.html