IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD SAID THINKING THAT WASHINGTON IS KEEN ON THE ASSISTANCE OF THE PALESTINIANS IS NOT MORE THAN A DELUSION. THE IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY QUOTED AHMADINEJAD AS SAYING AT HIS MEETING IN DAMASCUS WITH THE LEADERS OF THE PALESTINIAN FACTIONS THAT THE ZIONIST ENTITY IS A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF THE US, AND IT IS USED BY THE US TO IMPOSE AMERICAN HEGEMONY ON THE REGION. 'IT WILL BE A GROSS MISTAKE TO THINK THAT PALESTINE COULD BE LIBERATED WITHOUT JIHAD AND RESISTANCE, HE NOTED. ON THEIR PART, THE LEADERS OF THE PALESTINIAN FACTIONS UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF FORMATION OF A BROAD-BASED FRONT FOR CONFRONTING THE ZIONIST ENTITY.
